Andrew has two containers for carrying water. The containers are cubes without tops and have base areas of 4 and 36 respectively. Andrew has to completely fill the larger cube with pond water, which must be carried from the pond using the smaller cube. What is the smallest number of visits Andrew has to make to the pond with the smaller cube?
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