If you were asked to figure out how much material is needed to make a milk carton, would you need to find the surface area or volume?
surface area
What is the surface area of a cube with the side length 4cm?
96 cm2
What is the surface area of a cube with the side length 5 cm?
150 cm2
Bob's fish tank has a volume of 300 cm3. The length is 5 cm. The width is 6 cm. What is height?
10 cm
What type of units are used to measure volume?
units cubed
cubic units
three dimensional units
If you wanted to figure out how much paint is needed to cover a soup can, what formula would you use?
Surface area of a cylinder
Below are the dimensions for each face of a rectangular prism. Find the surface area.
1. 3cm x 5cm 2. 3cm x 5cm
3. 4cm x 6cm 4. 4cm x 6cm
5. 2cm x 3cm 6. 2cm x 3cm
90cm2
Below are the dimensions for each face of a rectangular prism. Find the surface area.
1. 2in x 4in 2. 2in x 4in
3. 2in x 6in 4. 2in x 6in
5. 3in x 4in 6. 3in x 4in
64in2
Find the volume.

84 cm3
Find the volume. 
12 cm3
Volume of a rectangular prism formula
Find the surface area.

94 cm2
Find surface area.

122cm2
Find volume.

30 cubic units
What is the volume of this prism

1848m3
If a rectangular prism has dimensions of 4 ft x 8 ft x 12 ft, would its volume or surface area be greater (even given that the units are different)?
Volume
Find surface area. 
94 units2

Find surface area.
164 in2
Find the volume of this cube.

125 cubic units

Find volume of this shape
28 + 20 = 48cm3
Leo wants to paint his room. It is a rectangular prism with dimensions 8 (length) x 10 (width) x 7 (height). How much paint would he need?
412 units squared
Find surface area.
1,216 cm2
Find surface area.
142 cm2
Calculate the volume of this prism

216cm3
Find the missing height of a cuboid with the volume of 432cm3.
Length= 8 cm Width= 6 cm Height = ?
9 cm