which measurement is closest to the total surface area of the container in square inches

The lateral surface area is the area of the three bounding rectangles, which is
[tex]\begin{gathered} (5\times8)+(5\times8)+(6\times8) \\ =40+40+48 \\ =128cm^2 \\ =+0128.00\operatorname{cm} \end{gathered}[/tex]