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Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

The diagram shows a rectangular box (a cuboid).
The areas of the faces are $3$, $12$ and $25$ square centimetres.
What is the volume of the box?


The areas of the faces of a cuboid are p, q and r. What is the volume of the cuboid in terms of p, q and r?


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