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Hungry Bugs: If it takes a colony of termites one day to devour a block of wood that is 2 inches wide, 2 inches long, and 2 inches high, then how long will it take them to devour a block of wood that is 4 inches wide, 4 inches long, and 4 inches high? Assume that they keep eating at the same rate.

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