Example 2: You know the density of a material and the mass of your sample, and you want to find the volume. You are a metal worker and you have 1000 g of copper. You want to make a solid copper paperweight with dimensions 10cm x 5cm x 5cm. You know the density of copper is 8.93 g/cm³. Do you have enough copper to make the paperweight?

First, find the volume of copper necessary to make the paperweight.

Then, you need to find the volume of gold you actually have.

Sorry, you don't have enough copper to make the paperweight!