text: geometry help? find the volume and total area of... a cube base=6", length=4", & height=2"?  ok if you can help it would be awsome, every one is like do it yourself, and i tried really hard and its like impossible for me, you think ill do bad on the test but i am homeschooled and this is a part of my test..my time is running out.. i just wanna graduate!! if those are the dimensions, then it is not a cube. a cube has equal dimensions all the way around:  base = length = height   this is a rectangular prism  volume = base * height * length  volume = 6 * 4 * 2  volume = 48 cubic inches   the surface area would be the area of the six rectangles that make up the "skin" of the prism.  two rectangles will have an area of: 6 * 4 = 24 two rectangles will have an area of: 4 * 2 = 8 two rectangles will have an area of: 2 * 6 = 12  therefore the total surface area will be:  = 2(24) + 2(8) + 2(12) = 48 + 16 + 24 = 88 square inches