Question

A rectangular prism has the following dimensions. The base has sides that are 3 cm. and 5 cm. and the height is 9 cm. How many squares with 1 cm edges can cover the entire surface area of the prism completely with no overlaps?

Answer 1

174 squares

Explanation:

I would start by finding the surface area of the rectangular prism. You can use 2(wl+hl+hw).

2(wl+hl+hw)

2(3*5+9*5+9*3)

2(15+45+27)

2(87)

174 cm^2

The area of squares 1 cm edges would be 1 because 1*1=1, so you could find how many of them would fit on the surface area by dividing 174 by 1, which equals 174.