Question

an ornament is being packaged into a cube shaped box. The edge of each face of the cube is 14cm long. how many packaging material would be required to store 10 of these ornaments

Answer 1

To store 1 ornament we need a box with the surface area:

$S_1=6\cdot14^2=1176$ $cm^2$

Required material to store 10 of these ornaments:

$S=10S_1=10\cdot1176=11760$ $cm^2$