Shanti is taking a cube-shaped gift to a friend's birthday party. She wants to wrap it but she doesn't have very much paper, so she does not overlap any of the edges. How much paper did it take to cover the gift? cm2\text{cm}^2cm2start text, c, m, end text, squared

It will take Shanti 150 square inches of paper to wrap the gifts

Step-by-step explanation:

Shanti wraps the gift she is taking to a friend's birthday party. She doesn't have very much paper, so she does not overlap any of the edges. The side lengths of the cube are all 5in.

How much paper did it take to cover the gift?

Solution

To solve this, you will find the surface area of a cube

Surface area of a cube = 6a^2

Where,

a=side length of the cube

a= 5 in

a^2=a × a

=5 × 5

=25 in^2

a^2=25 in^2

Surface area of a cube = 6a^2

=6 × 25 in^2

=150 in^2

It will take Shanti 150 square inches of paper to wrap the gifts