Rectangular Prism
Cube
Word Problems
Triangular Prism
100
The formula for the surface area of a rectangular prism
What is 2lw+2wh+2hl or 2(lw+wh+hl)?
100

What is the formula for finding the surface area of a cube?

SA = 6( s * s)

100

Mrs. Amrhein made a rectangular pencil holder. It has a height of 5 in and a length and width of 3 in. How much material does she need to make her pencil holder?

108 inches squared
100

What shapes are in the net of a triangular prism, and how many of each shape are there?

2 triangles, 3 rectangles

200
The surface area of a rectangular prism of l = 3 cm, w = 2 cm, and h = 5 cm.
What is 62 sq cm?
200

The surface area of a cube with side length 8 inches.

384 inches squared.

200

You are painting a room that is 18 ft long, 14 ft wide and 8 ft high. Find the area of the four walls that you are going to paint.

1,016 ft squared

200
Find the surface area of a right triangular prism (drawn on board). Sides of triangle are 3 m, 4 m, 5 m. Height is 6 m.
What is 84 sq m?
300
The surface area of a rectangular prism of l = 7 ft, w = 8 ft, and h = 6 ft.
What is 292 sq ft?
300

Surface area of a cube that has length, width, and height of 2 meters.

24 meters squared

300

Kaitlyn bakes two rectangular cakes to put on top of each other. Each cake is 6 inches wide, 12 inches long and 3 inches high. She removes the cake from the pan to frost it. How many square inches of frosting does she need for both cakes?

504 inches squared

300
Find the surface area of a right triangular prism (drawn on board). Sides of triangle are 6 m, 8 m, 10 m. Height is 3 m.
What is 108 sq m?
400
The surface area of a rectangular prism of l = 1.5 m, w = 2.1 m, and h = 0.7 m.
What is 11.34 sq m?
400

Surface area of a cube that is 5 feet tall.

150 feet squared

400

A gymnasium is 45 ft long, 30 ft wide, and 14 ft high. The school is painting the four walls and the ceiling of the gym. Find the area of the painted parts of the gym.

6,150 ft squared

400

The surface area of a triangular prism when the base is an equilateral triangular with b=2, h=3, and the prism is 10 ft tall

66 ft squared

500
A rectangular prism has a surface area of 630 sq m and a base that is 9 m x 7 m. The height is this.
What is 10 m?
500

Side length of a cube whose surface area is 54 inches squared.

3 inches.

500

Grete opens and lays a shoe box out flat. She sees that the top and the bottom of the box both measure 10 inches by 6 inches, the sides of the box both measure 10 inches by 2 inches, and the front and back of the box both measure 6 inches by 2 inches. What is the surface area of the shoe box?

184 inches squares

500

Find the surface area of a triangular prism drawn on board.

353 units squared