{"id":31568,"date":"2015-12-15T02:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=31568"},"modified":"2015-12-13T20:46:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T03:46:13","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-december-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-december-15\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (December 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A welder received an order to make a 1 million liter cube-shaped tank. If he has only 4x2 meter sheets of metal that can be cut, how many metal sheets will be required for this order? 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