Prism Trivia aka Miscellaneous
The number of sides in a rectangular prism
6
Find the surface area of a cube with a side length of 4 centimeters.
96 square centimeters
Describe the process for finding surface area of a triangular prism.
Find the area of the two triangular bases and the area of the three rectangular faces and add them all together.
Find the volume of a cube with a side length of 2 inches.
8 inches cubed
Why in the formula for the volume of a triangular prism must you divide the first baseXheight by two in order to get the correct answer?
Because a triangle is half the area of a square.
The number of sides in a triangular prism
5
What is the surface area of a rectangular prism with a length of 8yd, a width of 5yd, and a height of 3yd?
158 square yards
What is the surface area of a triangular prism that has equilateral triangles for bases that have side measures of 6 in. and a height of 5 in. and a prism height of 7cm?
135 inches squared
Find the volume of a Rectangular prism with a length of 5ft, a width of 6ft, and a height of 2ft.
60 feet cubed
A triangular prism has a base of 3in, the height of the triangle is 4in and the height of the prism is 3in.
18 inches cubed
how to find surface area of a prism
find the area of all the sides and add them together
What is the surface area of a rectangular prism with a length of 11in, a width of 8in, and a height of 7in?
442 square inches
A triangular prism has a base with an area of 20 cm squared. The bases are equilateral triangles of 5 cm. The height of the prism is 8 cm. What is the surface area of the prism?
160 cm squared
Find the volume of a rectangular prism with a length of 8ft, a width of 6ft, and a height of 10ft.
480 cubic feet
What is the volume of a triangular prism with base of 32 centimeters squared and a height of 6 centimeters?
192 cm cubed
how to find volume of a prism
calculate the area of the base then multiply it by the height of the prism
Will a 6 in. cube have the same numerical value for its volume and its surface area? What is the Volume? What is the SA?
yes V=216 in cubed SA=216 in squared
The base of a triangular prism is a right triangle with a base of 3 inches and a height of 4 inches. The third length is 5 inches. The height of the prism is 10 inches. What is the surface area of the prism?
132 inches squared
The volume of a rectangular prism is 70 cubic meters. The area of its base is 7 square meters. What is its height?
10 meters
What is the height of a triangular prism with a volume of 12 cm cubed and a triangular base with b=4 cm and h=1 cm?
6 cm
how we name prisms
by their bases
The surface area of a cube is 54 square meters. What is the side length of the cube?
3 meters
The surface area of a triangular prism is 175 in squared. If the area of one of the bases is 25 inches squared, what is the sum of the areas of the rectangular faces?
125 inches squared
A rectangular prism has a length of 13 inches and a height of 4 inches. It has a volume of 156 cubic inches. What is the width of the rectangular prism?
3 inches
A candy company sells mints in two different containers. Which container with the following dimensions holds more mints? 1)rectangular prism with width 6in, height 4in, length 6in 2)triangular prism with (triangular base b=8in h=3 in) and a height of 6in
1)144 in cubed holds more 2)72 in cubed