Acarton in the shape of a cube measuring 8 inches tall is filled with colored plastic cubes measuring 1 inch across each face the cubes sell for $.25 each how much would it cost to buy all of the cubes in the carton

You are living in aldine, tx and you are planning a trip to six flags in arlington, tx. you look on a map that has a scale of 0.5 inches to 30 miles. if the map shows the scale distance from aldine to arlington is 4 inches, how far is the actual distance?