How many balls of clay and straws will make a cube?

Answer 1

If you're good with your hands, you can make a cube out of one ball of clay,

or a cubical frame out of one straw cut into 12 equal pieces.

Ohhhh wait ! Now I see what you're driving at. Maybe the little clay balls are

what you use at the corners to stick the pieces of straw together. OK.

You still need 12 pieces of straw all the same length, and then you need eight

balls of clay to stick the corners together and make a cube.

I apologize for giving you the answer. Now you'll never think it through on your own,

and you'll never understand why that's the answer.