Jim is going to refinish the top and sides of an old wooden storage chest shaped like the cube shown below

(there is a picture of a cube with the measurement 19.5 inches)
Which is the closest to the surface area in square inches that Jim is going to refinish?

Please help I'm stuck on this problem

5 answers

19.5^2 * 6 = _______ square inches

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Is ^ square root? Second power? Multiply? What does it mean?

Second Power.