Finding the Surface Area of a Cube

Finding the Surface Area of a Cube

Introduction

Surface area describes how much space covers the outside of a three-dimensional object. Finding the surface area of a cube helps understand how its faces come together and is useful in real-life situations, s...

Imagine folding cardboard to make a cube-shaped box with edges of 10 centimeters.

To find how much cardboard has been used, we calculate its surface area.

A cube has six identical square faces. Let’s start by finding the area of just one face.

Each face is a square with an edge length of 10 centimeters, so multiply the edge len...