Question

Samantha wants to wrap this unassembled box with paper. The base of the box measures 3 inches by 6 inches. When the box is assembled it measures 9 inches tall. If Samantha wraps the box with paper, how many square inches will she need?

Answer 1

198 in.^2

Explanation:

You need the area of the net that is shown.

The long horizontal rectangle made up of 4 smaller rectangles has length 3 in. + 9 in. + 3 in. + 9 in. = 24 in. Its width is 6 in.

Then there are two congruent rectangles with length 9 in. and width 3 in.

area of rectangle = length * width

total area = 24 in. * 6 in. + 2 * 9 in. * 3 in.

total area = 198 in.^2