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Fermi #58 · Question 3

How many wooden blocks come in a new game of classic Jenga?

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Answer & explanation

The official answer, with Fermi’s reasoning step by step.

Answer & explanation

Official answer

54

blocks

How to estimate it

Fermi’s official “Napkin math”

Picture a fresh tower. It stands about a foot tall, with three blocks side by side on each layer. How thick is one block? A bit thinner than your finger, call it half an inch.

Tower height
~12 in
Each layer
÷ 0.5 in
Layers
≈ 24
24 × 3 blocks
≈ 72

Rounded assumptions may give a slightly different estimate. The official answer above is the game’s reference value.

Source calculation & reference
Blocks per level
3
Levels in a fresh tower
× 18
3 × 18
= 54

Reference cited by Fermi: Hasbro, Classic Jenga product and instructions page · Jenga official site (jenga.com)

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