Surface Area of Prisms

What is Surface Area?

• The space inside of an object

• The sum of all the areas of all the shapes that cover the surface area of the object

• Surface area is what you get when you boil unicorn tears

• How heavy an object is

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CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.1

CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.7

CCSS.HSG.MG.A.1

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.9

What does "P" stand for in the Surface Area formulas?

• Perimeter

• Parallel

• Perimeter of the base

• Pi

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

What is the formula used to find the Lateral Surface Area of a prism?

• S = bh

• S = Ph + 2B

• S = Ph

• S = lw

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

What is the formula used to find the Total Surface Area of a prism?

• S = Ph

• S = bh

• S = Bh

• S = Ph + 2B

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

How do you find the AREA of a triangle??

• $hb\div4$

• $lw$

• $\frac{1}{3}lw$

• $\frac{1}{2}bh$

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CCSS.6.G.A.1

How do you find the AREA of a rectangle??

• $length\times width$

• $add\ up\ all\ the\ sides$

• $length\times width\div2$

• $\frac{1}{2}P$

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

Lateral Surface Area is________________.

• the area of just the bases not including the sides

• the area of ALL of the faces of the prism

• the area of just the sides not including the bases

• how much of something can fit inside

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CCSS.6.G.A.4

Total Surface Area is _______________.

• the area of just the sides bot including the bases

• how much of something can fit inside

• the area of ALL of the faces of the prism

• the area of just the bases not including the sides

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

What does the "B" stand for?

• base

• bottom 

• perimeter of the base

• area of the base

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

In the formula:   $S=Ph+2B$  why do you have to multiply "B" by 2?

• Because the formula says so

• Because "B" is the area of the base and there is 2 bases 

• Because I multiplied by 1/2 to find the area of the triangle 

• Because 2 is an even number 

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CCSS.7.G.B.6