When Tyson opens and lays a cereal box out flat, he sees that the top and the bottom of the box both measure 11 inches by 8 inches, the sides of the box both measure 11 inches by 6 inches, and the front and back of the box both measure 8 inches by 6 inches. What is the surface area of Tyson’s cereal box? (1 point)

404 in.2
228 in.2
202 in.2
308 in.2

Question

When Tyson opens and lays a cereal box out flat, he sees that the top and the bottom of the box both measure 11 inches by 8 inches, the sides of the box both measure 11 inches by 6 inches, and the front and back of the box both measure 8 inches by 6 inches. What is the surface area of Tyson’s cereal box?  (1 point)

    404 in.2
    228 in.2
    202 in.2
    308 in.2

k_lynn · Answer

When you find the surface area of a figure, what you need to do is find the area of all sides and then add the areas together.  So lets start with the top and bottom.  $$11\times8$$What do you get?

anonymous · Answer

88

k_lynn · Answer

Right.  The other side is going to have an area of 88, too.  So you can either add $$88+88$$Or you can multiply $$88\times2$$

anonymous · Answer

so the answer is what

anonymous · Answer

how i did it i got 404 as my answer is that correct

k_lynn · Answer

You're right :).  Like I said before, when you want to find the surface area of something, find the area of all the sides and then add those areas together.  So $$404 inches ^{2}$$

anonymous · Answer

ok thanks!

k_lynn · Answer

You're welcome.