Surface Area of Pyramids

Surface Area of Pyramids

The Shapes That Make Up A Pyramid

This clip shows you that shapes and what they are referenced as.

Surface Area of Pyramids

• A pyramid is composed of a base and triangular faces.

• The pyramid is named by the shape of the base.

• EX: Square pyramid, Rectangular pyramid, Triangular Pyramid, etc.

• The lateral height, also called the slant height, is the height of the triangular face.

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Mark all that are correct.

• L is the lateral face

• The shape is a Rectangular Pyramid

• a is the lateral face

• b is the base

• L is the lateral height

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Find the area of 1 square base.

• 14 mm²

• 7 mm²

• 42 mm²

• 49 mm²

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How many bases do we have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What is the total area of the base if we only have 1 base?

• 14 mm²

• 7 mm²

• 42 mm²

• 49 mm²

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Find the area of 1 of the lateral faces?

• 42 mm²

• 7 mm²

• 21 mm²

• 6 mm²

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How many lateral faces do we have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What is the total area of the lateral faces if we have 4?

• 84 mm²

• 21 mm²

• 42 mm²

• 63 mm²

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What is the total area of the square pyramid?

*Remember: Add the total areas of each shape*

• 84 mm²

• 123 mm²

• 132 mm²

• 133 mm²

SA Of a Pyramid

• Shape 1: Base

• Find the area of the base depending on the shape

• Ex:  $\left(l\times w\right)$  for a square or rectangle.

• Shape 2: Lateral Face

• This will be the triangle

•  $Area\ =\ \frac{b\times\left(lateral\ height\right)}{2}$  

• Finally, add the areas together.

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^{_{Find the Surface Area}}

• 15m²
• 16m²
• 18m²
• 20m²

Rectangular Pyramid

• This process is similar, but not all triangles are the same.

• The net shown to the right prove that the triangles parallel from each other are the same. They are across from each other.

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Find the area of the base

• 12 ft²

• 18 ft^2

• 24 ft²

• 10 ft²

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Find the area of 1 of the lateral faces that have a slant height of 5 ft.

• 10 ft²

• 15 ft^2

• 12 ft²

• 24 ft²

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Find the area of 1 of the lateral faces that have a slant height of 4 ft.

• 10 ft²

• 15 ft^2

• 12 ft²

• 24 ft²

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Find the total area of the rectangular pyramid.

• 44 ft²

• 55 ft^2

• 66 ft²

• 68 ft²

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What is the lateral surface area of the pyramid in square feet? (Do not include units in your answer, just the number)

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What is the surface area of this triangular pyramid?

• 198.9 sq. inches

• 205.6 sq. inches

• 187.9 sq. inches

• 210.6 sq. inches

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Find the lateral surface area of this triangular pyramid.

These are equilateral triangles, so each triangle is the same is the middle triangle.

• 27 ft²

• 81 ft²

• 54 ft²

• 108 ft²

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Find the total surface area of this triangular pyramid.

* You already found the lateral face area. Just find the base and add it.

• 27 ft²

• 81 ft²

• 54 ft²

• 108 ft²