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Question from Nehal, a student:

Six cubes have a surface area of 24 cm2. They are joined together to male a cuboid.
What could the surface area of this cuboid be? There are two different answers.

Hi Nehal,

Here is one cuboid.

cuboid

Can you find another?

Penny

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