What shape is the base of a triangular prism?
Triangle
How do you find total surface area?
Add up the areas of each shape
What is the formula for finding the area of a rectangular prism?
length x width x height
What is the name for the pattern that shows the different faces of a 3D shape flattened out?
Net
There are two 3D shapes that have a triangle base. What are those shapes?
Triangular Prism and Triangular Pyramid
What is the difference between area and surface area?
Area if for 2D shapes and surface area is for 3D shapes.
Find the surface area of a cube with a length of 4, a width of 4, and a height of 4.
96 units cubed
What label would you use for the volume of a cube that was does not have a label?
cubic units or units cubed
What shape does this net make?
Cube
Megan has two boxes with the dimensions shown. She wants to use the box with the greater volume to ship a gift to her friend. Which box should Megan use? Explain.
Box A has the larger volume.
Box A: 302 1/4 cubic cm
Box B: 284 3/8 cubic cm
Find the surface area of a rectangular prism with a length of 10, a width of 5, and a height of 4.
220 units squared
What is the side length of a cube that has a surface area of 150 feet squared?
5 feet
Find the volume.
270 cubic feet
What shape does this net make?
Triangular pyramid
Ayasha and Michael draw cubes. Each side of Ayasha's cube has a length of 7 m. Each side of Michael's cube has a length that is double the length of Ayasha's cube. Compare the surface areas of the cubes.
4 times as large
What is the surface area?
240 cm2
The surface area of the triangular pyramid
340 cm2
Find the volume.
2 and 2/5 cubic units
How many faces does a square based pyramid have?
5 faces
Sara wants to build the birdhouse shown. She bought a 26-inch by 50-inch sheet of plywood. Does Sara have enough wood to make the birdhouse? Explain.
Yes, surface area is 378 inches squared.
Wood area is 1300 inches squared.
What is the surface area of the figure below?
SA = 13.7 yd2
Find the surface area:
129.8 square meters
Find the volume.
31 and 1/4 cubic feet
What shape does this net make?
Trapezoidal prism
Angela wants to cover a footrest in the shape of a rectangular prism with cotton fabric. The footrest is 14 inches by 77 inches by 10 inches. She has 1 square yard of fabric. Can she completely cover the footrest? Explain.
Yes, she has 1 sq. yd (1296 sq in) of fabric and needs 616 sq. in.