Four boxes of the same volume are each completely filled with one of the following items: sand, marbles, paperclips, or dice. The order of boxes from least to greatest mass is as follows: paperclips, dice, marbles, and sand.

Which box has the greatest density?

Question

Four boxes of the same volume are each completely filled with one of the following items: sand, marbles, paperclips, or dice. The order of boxes from least to greatest mass is as follows: paperclips, dice, marbles, and sand. 

Which box has the greatest density?

anonymous · Answer

the density of each box is the quotient between its mass and its volume: $\rho =\frac{m}{V}$, since all four boxes have the same volume here, you would need to think, out of those items, which one has the biggest mass or weight.