Area of Cross Sections

Rosalie has a can of soup that is shaped like a cylinder. The measurements of the can are shown. Find the area of a vertical cross section through the centers of the bases.

Rosalie has a can of soup that is shaped like a cylinder. The measurements of the can are shown. Find the area of a horizontal cross section of the can. Round to the nearest hundredth. Include units (mm=millimeters)

What shape will the vertical cross-section of a cube be?

• Square

• Triangle

• Trapezoid

• Circle

What shape will the horizontal cross-section of a cone be?

• Dome

• Circle

• Pyramid

• Triangle

What would result from slicing a cylinder horizontally?

• Circle

• Square

• Rectangle

• Triangle

A triangular pyramid is shown. The pyramid can be sliced horizontally or vertically. Select all of the shapes that could represent the cross section of the pyramid.

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Name the vertical cross section, then find the area.

• circle, 314m²

• circle, 1445.1 m²

• Rectangle, 260cm²

• rectangle, 816.8 m²

Name and Find the area of the vertical cross section for this shape.

• Triangle, 12m²

• Triangle, 24m²

• Circle, 12.56m²

• Circle, 6.28m²

Name and find the area of the vertical cross section of the sphere.

• Circle, 69.08cm²

• Circle, 34.54cm²

• Circle, 379.94cm²

• Circle, 1519.76cm²

Name and find the area of the horizontal cross section of the sphere.

• Circle, 38.48cm²

• Circle, 153.94 cm³

• Circle, 43.98 cm³

• Circle, 21.99 cm³