Lateral and Total Surface Area

Find the lateral surface area of the following shape:

• 144

• 96

• 288

• 480

What is the difference between lateral and total surface area?

• Total surface area solves for perimeter of all the sides where lateral solves for area.

• Total surface area is the sum of the area of all the sides where lateral surface area is the sum of the area of only the sides. (Not including the bases or top and bottom).

• Total surface area can only be used for prisms and lateral surface area can only be used for cylinders and cones.

• None of the above.

What is the lateral surface area of this figure? 

• 324 cm²

• 144 cm²

• 180 cm²

• 288 cm²

Is surface area.......

• Filling in a 3 dimensional shape

• wrapping the outside of a 3 dimensional shape

Which value does NOT include the base shape?

• Lateral Surface Area

• Total Surface Area

Jesse needs to wrap the present shown below. How much wrapping paper would he need?

Is this asking for Lateral or Total surface area?

• Lateral

• Total

• A

• B

• C

• D

What does lateral mean when asked to find the lateral surface area?

• Means the bases and no faces

• Means just the faces

Jesse needs to wrap the present shown below. How much wrapping paper would he need?

Is this asking for Lateral or Total surface area?

• Lateral

• Total

WHAT DOES "BIG P" STAND FOR WHEN FINDING LATERAL SURFACE AREA

• PERCENT

• PRISM

• PERIMETER

• PROOFREAD