7th Grade Math - Solve for surface area

The length of the side of a cube is . Give its surface area in terms of .

$6x^{2} -60x + 150$

$6x^{2} -10x + 25$

$6x^{2} -60x - 150$

Explanation

Substitute in the formula for the surface area of a cube:

$A = 6s^{2}$

$A = 6 \left ( x - 5\right )^{2}$

$A = 6 \left ( x^{2} - 2 \cdot 5 \cdot x + 5^{2}\right )$

$A = 6 \left ( x^{2} - 10x +25\right )$

$A = 6 x^{2} - 60x +150$

If a cube has one side measuring cm, what is the surface area of the cube?

Explanation

To find the surface area of a cube, use the formula $6s^{2}$ , where represents the length of the side. Since the side of the cube measures , we can substitute in for .

$6(4)^{2}=96: cm^{2}$

Find the surface area of a non-cubic prism with the following measurements:

Explanation

The surface area of a non-cubic prism can be determined using the equation:

A small rectangular jewelry box has two square ends with areas of 36 square centimeters, and a width of 10 centimeters. What is the surface area of the outside of the jewelry box.

Explanation

To find the surface area of the rectangular box we just need to add up the areas of all six sides. We know that two of the sides are 36 square centimeters, that means we need to find the areas of the four mising sides. To find the area of the missing sides we can just multiply the side of one of the squares (6 cm) by the width of the box:

$6 \times 10 = 60 ; cm^2$

But remember we have four of these rectangular sides:

$4 \times 60 = 240 ; cm^2$

Now we just add the two square sides and four rectangular sides to find the total surface area of the jewelry box:

That is the total surface area!

Alice is wrapping a rectangular box that measures $5\textup {in}\times 6\textup {in}\times 12\textup {in}$ . How many square feet of wrapping paper does she need?

$2.25\textup{ ft}^2$

$1.75\textup{ ft}^{2}$

$3.25\textup{ ft}^{2}$

$2.75 \textup{ ft}^{2}$

$2.00 \textup{ ft}^{2}$

Explanation

The surface area of a rectangular prism is given by

$\textup {SA=2lw+2lh+2wh}$ where is the length, is the width, and is the height.

Let $\textup l=5\textup { in}$ , $\textup {w}=6\textup{ in}$ , and $\textup {h}=12\textup { in}$

So the equation to solve becomes $\textup SA=2\cdot 5\cdot 6+2\cdot 5\cdot 12+2\cdot 6\cdot 12$ or $324\textup{ in}^{2}$

However the question asks for an answer in square feet. Knowing that $144\textup { in}^{2}=1\textup { ft}^{2}$ we can convert square inches to square feet. It will take $2.25\textup{ ft}^{2}$ of paper to wrap the present.

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