If you flatten one cubic meter block how many squares would there be?

Answer 1

There can be no equivalence. A cubic metre is a measure of volume in 3-dimensional space, whereas a square metre is a measure of area in 2-dimensional space. The two measure different things and, according to the basic rules of dimensional analysis, conversion from one to the other is not valid.

A cubic metre can be flattened to form:

1 squares of 1 m*1 m which is 1 metre high, or

2 squares of 1 m*1 m which are 0.5 m high, or

4 squares of 0.5 m*0.5 m which are 1 metre high or

4 squares of 1 m*1 m which are 0.25 metres high, or

1,000,000 squares of 1 m*1 m which are 1 micrometre high, and so on.

But all of these will be three dimensional objects. You will never have 2-dimensional squares.

Answer 2

It would make a net of 6 squares

Answer 3

Six square meters.