Question

A cube-shaped item needs to be painted. The item’s edge length is 2 cm. What is the total surface area that will be painted?

Answer 1

Each face of the cube has an area of 4cm^2 (2*2 = 4). A cube has six faces so the total surface area is 24cm^2 (4cm^2*6).

Answer 2

Well find the area of one face pf a cape which is a square so all sides will be the same length. 2 times 2 is 4 so the area of one face of the cube is 4. There are 6 faces so you multiply by 4. 

6 times 4 is 24.

The total surface area that will be painted is 24cm^2.

Hoped I helped!