SOLUTION: A cardboard cube has a length, width and height of 2 feet. You want to paint the entire outside of the cube. How many square feet of surface will you be painting?

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Question 1050921: A cardboard cube has a length, width and height of 2 feet. You want to paint the entire outside of the cube. How many square feet of surface will you be painting?
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A cardboard cube has a length, width and height of 2 feet. You want to paint the entire outside of the cube.
How many square feet of surface will you be painting?
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There are 6 faces, each has the area of 2*2 = 4 square feet.

4*6 = 24 square feet.