Question

Each cube in the object has sides measuring 2.5cm what is the total surface area of the object?

Answer 1

@ernesto22

Look at the first question at this link and determine if what is given there makes sense.

http://tinyurl.com/p5u5cjm

Answer 2

@Directrix but the answer doesn't make sense

Answer 3

@Directrix there are 31 faces, not 26. why did they multiply by 26?

Answer 4

Those faces on the inside that touch do not count as surface area.

Answer 5

Let's start at the bottom left cube and count faces.

So, for the first cubes, how many faces count as surface area?

I have the six cubes numbered so let's start with cube #1 only. @ernesto22

Answer 6

Ooh well that makes much more sense

Answer 7

@directrix so it would be 5 faces that count as the surface area

Answer 8

Attached is my latest count. It seems to change each time I count.
Look at each cube individually. The number of square faces in the count varies according to the position of the cube. At least, that is what I am thinking. @ernesto22

Answer 9

I just counted one more time and the count went up by 1. In red is the number of square faces I counted for each cube.