Simple maths question I'm not getting

[mcast]

If you have 10 boxes of 0.2m cubed in volume, what is the total cubic metres of volume?

 

[Elixir]

Is it written m³? As in the boxes are 0.2m³? Or is it saying the sides of the cube are 0.2m long?

 

[mcast]

Is it written m³? As in the boxes are 0.2m³? Or is it saying the sides of the cube are 0.2m long?

Boxes are 0.2 cubic metres in total each, I think this is where I'm going wrong with my calculation.

 

[Elixir]

10 * 0.2 m³ = 2 m³

 

[Woden]

2m cubed, surely?

 

[weringo]

I know it's not 2m cubed, however my maths fails me beyond that point

Edit: 0.344m cubed?

 

[Jokester]

It's definitely 2m3.

 

[Xordium]

I think if you have a genuine problem with this question you need to give the actual questions wording. As it reads there the answer is obvious - if there is something else then you need to give the exact wording (which you may not be able to do) to get the reasoning for the answer. The question is worded in a confusing manner almost like it's gone through google translate or something.

 

[Elixir]

The only alternative is that it's referring to 0.2 x 0.2 x 0.2 m cubes, which would have a volume of 0.008 m³ each making the answer 0.08 m³, but it's incorrectly worded if this is what they're after.

 

[rubberduck]

Oh my god!!! Its the carpet tile thread all over again but with an added dimension!

 

[Christmas themed thank]

2.

 

[danza]

You're given the volume. The easiest way to visualise is:

1 cuboid @ 0.2m3 is 1m x 1m x 0.2m
A pile 10 high would be 1m x 1m x 2m, i.e. 2m3

 

[aardvark]

its 2

 

[Haggisman]

But will they take off if you cut them in half and put them on a treadmill?!

 

[WuMyster]

You say you know it's not 2m^3. Then what's the answer you have?