Question

Miss Dodson is wrapping a gift that is in a rectangular shoe box. The box is 12 inches long, 4 inches tall and 8 inches wide. How much wrapping paper will she need to cover the box if she doesn't plan to overlap any of the paper? Your answer would be labeled as inches squared or square inches.

Answer 1

352 inches squared

Explanation:

the amount of wrapping paper needed can be determined by calculating the total surface area

total surface area = 2lw+2lh+2hw

2(12x 8) + (2 x 12 x 4) + (2 x 4 x 8) = 192+ 96 + 64