Don is painting a cube-shaped jewelry box for his dad's class ring. he will paint all sides of the box. cube with side lengths of 2 inches. what is the area of the space that don will paint? enter your answer in the box. in²

To find the area that Don will paint, you will need to find the area of each of the 6 faces that make up the cube.  On a cube, all of these faces are congruent (exactly the same size and shape), so when we find the area of one face, we will multiply it by 6 to get the total area.

Each face is in the shape of a square for the base and the height are the same.

A = bh
   2 x 2 
A = 4 square inches

4 square inches x 6 = 24 square inches.

Don will paint 24 square inches.