Juan was painting a wooden cube for his science project. Determine the total surface area of the cube if the cube is 8 centimeters long.

Answer options with 5 options
A.
64 centimeters squared

B.
32 centimeters squared

C.
512 centimeters squared

D.
256 centimeters squared

E.
384 centimeters squared

1 answer

To find the total surface area of a cube, we need to calculate the area of all 6 sides.

Each side of the cube is a square, so the area of one side is 8 cm * 8 cm = 64 cm^2.

Since there are 6 sides, the total surface area of the cube is 6 * 64 cm^2 = 384 cm^2.

Therefore, the correct answer is E. 384 centimeters squared.