Question

Lourdes is decorating a toy box for her sister. She will use self-adhesive paper to cover all the exterior sides except for the bottom of the box. The toy box is 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet high. How many square feet of adhesive paper will Lourdes use to cover the box?

6th Grade Go Math Chapter 11 Review

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Answer 1

24 because 4x3x2 is 24 lxwxh

Answer 2

My answer is 24 square feet.

To find square footage of a rectangle is length times width times height.
So the equation would be:
4 times 3 times 2.
4(3)(2)
So 4 times 3 is 12. 12 times 2 is 24.
So the square footage is 24.