Suppose 1 gold bar is 6 cm long, 2 cm high, and 3 cm wide. How many whole gold bars will you be able to fit in a vault with a volume of 500 cm3?

We are given the dimensions of a gold bar and is asked how many of these gold bars are able to fit into a 500 cm3 volume. we first calculate the volume of a gold bar that is 6 cm x 2 cm x 3 cm equal to 36 cm3. We divide 500 cm3 by 36 cm3 per gold bar equal to approx. 13 bars