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"A pile of wood 1 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high, or 1/8 of a cord, is called a cord foot. Find the number of cords of wood in a pile of 25ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 6 ft high. (Solution: 4 and 11/16)" -Moore, 1907

Cord Foot of Wood

"A pile of wood 1 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high, or 1/8 of a cord, is called a cord foot. Find…

"A cord of wood is a solidly built pile of 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet high. 1. How many cords, stove-wood measure, each stick 12 inches long, could be made from a full-sized cord of wood? 2. If the full cord as pictured above is bought for $3.00 and sawed into stove lengths as in problem (1) and sold for $1.25 a cord, what is the profit? 3. If 6 hours' time was required to saw this wood, and labor cost 25 cents per hour, was there anything gained on the transaction?" -Foster, 1921

Cord of Wood

"A cord of wood is a solidly built pile of 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet high. 1. How many cords,…

A cube (A) has sides of 20 inches in length each, making its solid contents equal 8000 cubic inches. Being added are 3 equal portions 20x20x5, equaling 2000 cubic inches. The sum of these are 6000. You can find the second portion of the problem <a href="../62392/62392_cube_add2.htm">here</a>.

Cube with Additions 1

A cube (A) has sides of 20 inches in length each, making its solid contents equal 8000 cubic inches.…

In order to fill in the spaces from the three 2000 cubic inch additions, four new additions must be added: three 20x5x5 bars equaling 500 cubic inches and a 5x5x5 (125 cubic inches) cube for the corner. You can find the final cube <a href="../62393/62393_cube_add3.htm">here</a>.

Cube with Additions 2

In order to fill in the spaces from the three 2000 cubic inch additions, four new additions must be…

This is the final form of the original 20x20x20 inch or 8000 cubic inch cube with the addition of 7625 cubic inches making it a 25x25x25 inch cube equaling 15,625 cubic inches. You can find the original cube <a href="../62391/62391_cube_add1.htm">here</a>.

Cube with Additions 3

This is the final form of the original 20x20x20 inch or 8000 cubic inch cube with the addition of 7625…