Calculating Surface Area of Cubes and Prisms for Grade 6

A cube has a side length of 4 cm. What is its surface area?

• 96 cm²

• 100 cm²

• 64 cm²

• 80 cm²

If a rectangular prism has a length of 5 cm, a width of 3 cm, and a height of 2 cm, what is its surface area?

• 60 cm²

• 70 cm²

• 62 cm²

• 50 cm²

A cube is painted on all its faces. If the side length is 6 cm, what is the total area that is painted?

• 180 cm²

• 216 cm²

• 96 cm²

• 144 cm²

A box shaped like a rectangular prism has dimensions of 10 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Calculate the surface area of the box.

• 120 cm²

• 200 cm²

• 164 cm²

• 150 cm²

If a cube has a surface area of 150 cm², what is the length of one side?

• 6 cm

• 4 cm

• 7 cm

• 5 cm

A swimming pool is in the shape of a rectangular prism with a length of 12 m, width of 6 m, and depth of 2 m. What is the surface area of the pool?

• 180 m²

• 240 m²

• 216 m²

• 192 m²

A gift box is a cube with a side length of 8 inches. How much wrapping paper is needed to cover the entire box?

• 384 square inches

• 256 square inches

• 512 square inches

• 128 square inches

A rectangular prism has a surface area of 94 cm². If its length is 7 cm and its height is 3 cm, what is its width?

• 2.6 cm

• 3.5 cm

• 5.0 cm

• 4.2 cm

If a cube has a side length of 5 m, how much paint is needed to cover its surface if one can of paint covers 20 m²?

• 8 cans

• 10 cans

• 4 cans

• 6 cans

A storage container is a rectangular prism with dimensions 15 cm by 10 cm by 5 cm. What is the surface area of the container?

• 600 cm²

• 500 cm²

• 450 cm²

• 550 cm²