What is the volume inside of cube that took 54 feet of material?

Answer 1

Let x = length of a side of the cube

Each of the 6 sides has area x².

So, 6x² = 54

x² = 9

x = 3

Volume = x³ = 27

Answer 2

IF you mean 54 square feet for the 6 sides of the cube, then divide 54 by 6 sides to get 9 square feet for each side and each side is 3. 3 cubed is then the volume or 27 cubic feet

IF you mean 54 feet were used to construct the edges of the cube, then divide 12 edges into 54 feet to get 54/12 =27/6=9/2 for the length of each side of the cube. Then cube that to get (9/2)³=81(9)/4(2)=729/8

or 91 1/8 cubic feet is the volume Cubes have 12 edges, 4 on the top, 4 for the bottom and 4 to connect the top to the bottom.

My guess is maybe you meant the last way to phrase the question since you used only "feet" not square or cubic feet? The first way comes out with a fairly nice simple integer solution, so maybe that's what the question was designed for. Maybe the question accidentally left out "square" feet?