Surface of a Cube

  • Open Math Challenge

    You have three cubes whose edges are 2, 6, and 8 meters long respectively. What is the minimum possible surface area when the three cubes are glued together at their faces?

Answer:    
  Please enter a numerical answer
(ex. 1000 or 2.033) and click GO.		    

Contest problems and answers provided by:

David Rock
rock_david@colstate.edu
Columbus State University

Doug Brumbaugh
brumbad@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
University of Central Florida