Question

A large game cube with a three inch side length is wrapped with shrink wrap. How many square centimeters of shrink wrap will be used to wrap ten game cubes?

Answer 1

see below

Explanation:

cube has 6 square faces so 6*s*s

s =3 in =3*2.54 cm = 7.62 cm

1 in = 2.54 cm

1 cube needs 6*7.62² = 348.3864 cm²

10 cubes = 10*348.3864 =3483.864 cm²