I made just enough sticky treacle mixture to exactly fill a square tin of side 12 inches. But all I could find were two inch square tins. How well would the mixture fit?
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easily
just (with a teeny bit of room to spare)
an exact fit
nearly (with a small overflow)
no way (major overflow)
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Intermediate Mathematical Challenge 1998 (1998)
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