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0580/22 May/Jun 2026, Question 2: Surface Area of a Cuboid and Cylinder

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580 · Paper 22 (Extended) · Non-calculator · 5 marks

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The question, in short

From an accurate, unlabelled net of an open cuboid with whole-number centimetre dimensions, work out the net's total area and the box's volume.

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Part (a) · 3 marks

Measure the net's rectangles to get the cuboid's dimensions, then calculate the total area of all five faces.

  1. 1Measure the net: the edges are 2 cm, 3 cm and 5 cm
  2. 2Faces: 2 × (2 × 3) + 2 × (2 × 5) + 3 × 5
  3. 3= 12 + 20 + 15
  4. 4= 47 cm²

Answer47

Part (b) · 2 marks

Use the dimensions found from the net to calculate the volume of the open cuboid box.

  1. 1Volume = 2 × 3 × 5
  2. 2= 30 cm³

Answer30

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