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Hmm question is a little confusing but fractions can be represented as division or a part of somthing, like 4 pieces of an 8 slice pizza, or you have 8 peices of pizza and you divide them by 4. Im pretty sure a rational number is any number that can be representated as a fraction. an irrational number is something you cant express as a fraction like the square root of a number or pi.
First you want to find the surface area of one box
SA=2(l*w)+2(h*l)+2(h*w)
SA=2(12*12)+2(15*12)+2(15*12)
SA=2(144)+2(180)+2(180)
SA=288+360+360
SA=1008 cm² is for one box
Multiply by 4 to get for 4 boxes
4*1008=4032 cm²