Posting a box

Posting a box

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This task is about area, surface area and volume of a box.
To post a box like this it must be taped securely. The tape is shown on the diagram.

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To post a box like this it must be taped securely. The tape is shown on the diagram.
a) What is the volume of the box?  cm3

 
b) What is the area of the shaded surface of the box?  cm2

 
c) What is the area of all 6 surfaces of the box?  cm2
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This tas can be completed with pencil and paper or online.
Level:
5
Description of task: 
Students calculate the volume and surface area of a cuboid box.
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Y9 (05/1997)

Y10 (05/1997)

a) 24 000 difficult moderate
b) 1200 difficult moderate
c) 5200 very difficult difficult