How many square feet of paper do you need to cover a cube with a side of 10 in. long?

Question

I got 4.17 sq ft by dividing 10 by 12 ( 12 inches in a foot) then i found the total surface area of a cube by using .833 as the length of a side.

Answer 1

Yes, this is the correct method. 10 in * (1 ft / 12 in) = 0.8333 ft, and the surface area of a cube is 6*s^2, where s is the edge length. Using s = 0.8333 in, I got a surface area of 4.17. If I used s = 0.833, I actually got 4.16, which is less accurate, so make sure you don't round too much when you do your calculations.

Answer 2

The answer is 50 square feet.
First you need to find the surface area of the cube. A cube is made up of 6 squares (top, bottom, and 4 sides). In this example each square is 10 by 10, so the area of 1 square is 100 in. and since there are 6 squares on the cube it's area = 100 * 6 = 600 in. Now, you just need to divide that number by 12 because there are 12 inches in 1 ft. So, 600/12= 50.

Answer 3

Each side of the cube needs 10*10=100 sq inches.
6 sides, 600 square inches.

Divide by 12*12=144 for square feet.

Equals 4.1666... square feet.
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Answer 4

Since a 10 in. cube has six sides each with area 100 square inches. you will need 600 square inches (6 x 100).

That is 4.17 (600 / 144) square feet as you suggested.

Answer 5

You are right. You could also get it by multiplying the area in square inches of one face (100 sq in) by 6 faces = 600 sq. inches and then dividing by 144 sq in per sq ft.

Answer 6

each side needs 100 sq inches paper

6 sides need 600 sq inches paper

144 sq inches = 1 sq ft

cube needs 600/144 sq ft paper

=100/24 sq ft

just over 4 sq ft paper

Answer 7

100in^2/side, *6 = 600in^2, /144 = 4-1/6ft^2 =yup, I agree

Answer 8

a cube

6 sides

they will sell the paper in square feet

Answer 9

I like ts121's answer