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Volume and surface area word problems

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Problem

A candy store called "Sugar" built a giant hollow sugar cube out of wood to hang above the entrance to their store. It took 13.5 m2 of material to build the cube.
What is the volume inside the giant sugar cube?
Give an exact answer (do not round).
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
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