POW #17

a) It is has been snowing at Ingrid’s house all week, but today the sun was out. Ingrid decided to make some snow sculptures in the backyard. Ingrid scooped the snow out of a rectangular hole that measured 2 feet by 2 feet by 3 feet, and she used that snow to make bricks that measured 6 inches by 8 inches by 9 inches. How many snow bricks could she make with the snow from the rectangular hole?

If the above problem is too easy, try the following:

b) Ingrid’s friend Reed came over, and together they scooped the snow out of a cubical hole that measured 3 feet on each side. With the snow they scooped out of the hole, they made right pyramids with square bases, which measured 1 foot along each side of the base, and were one foot tall. How many pyramids of this size could they make with the snow from the cubical hole?