Formulas
Word Problems
Area
Surface Area
Volume
100

What is the area of a square?

l x w

100

The length of the rug is 11 inches and the width of the rug is 10 inches. What is the area of the rug?

110 inches2

100

Parallelogram 

base =12 units

Height = 15 units

180 units2

100

You have a rectangular prism with 2 square face and 4 rectangle faces. What is the area of the both square faces if the length is 5 and the width is 7.

35 unitsx 2 = 70 units2

100

L = 12 cm

W=6 cm

H=15 cm

1,080 cm3

200

What is the area of a parallelogram?

b x h

200

A square has an area of 100. What is the length of one side?

10

200

On a triangle I draw the height where?

perpendicular; from the base to the opposite vertex

200

You have the net of a square pyramid. The base of the square is 8ft. The height of the triangle is 9ft. What is the surface area of the shape?

208ft2

200

Alice wants to fill a box with the length of 8 inch, height 6 inch, and width 4 inch. What is the volume? 

192 inches3

300

What is the formula for volume?

V=l x w x h

300

The area of a parallelogram is 48 inches squared. The base is 6 inches. What is the height?

8 inches

300

Find the area of the trapezoid with the following:

b1=8cm

b2=10cm

height=15cm

135cm2

300

What makes a pyramid a pyramid?

Triangular Faces; faces meet at a single vertex

300

I use these to help me find the side lengths to calculate the volume

edges

400

What is the formula for a triangle?

bxh divided by 2

400

Kevin needs to buy some cardboard to build a box 12 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 10 inches high. How much cardboard is needed to build the box?

  1. a) 592 square inches
  2. b) 960 square inches

A. 592 square inches

400

The area of a square is 64 in2 what is the length of each side of the square?

8 inches

400

What makes a prism a prism?

Rectangular faces; two matching bases

400

V=?

H=13

L=12

W=10

1560units3

500

What is the formula for a trapezoid?

base 1 + base 2 divided by 2 times height

500

A right triangle has the base of 16cm and a height of 20cm. What is the area?

160cm2

500

What is the area of 2 triangles with a base of 15cm and a height of 25cm?

375cm2

500

What is surface area?

The total area of all faces

500

What is the length of rectangular prism when the width is 7 and the height is 11. The volume is 1,155

Length is 15