Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/233 - The Nougat Puzzle

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 * The Nougat Puzzle
 * A block of nougat is $16$ inches long, $8$ inches wide, and $7 \tfrac 1 2$ inches deep.
 * What is the greatest number of pieces that I can cut from it measuring $5$ inches by $3$ inches by $2 \tfrac 1 2$ inches?