Question

What is the surface area to volume ratio of a 5 cm cube?

Answer 1

Answer: 6/5

Explanation:
Given: 5cm cube
This means each side is 5 cm because a cube has equal sides.

Area of a square is length times width so area of 1 side of a cube:
= 5 x 5
= 25

Surface area is the area of one side of a cube times the number of sides. Now, how many sides does a cube have? 6
= 25 x 6
= 150

Surface area of a 5cm cube = 150

Volume is length times width times height:
= 5 x 5 x 5
= 125

Ratio of surface area to volume:
= 150/125
= 6/5