Finding Volume and Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders

The amount of space inside a solid figure.

• volume

• area

• length

• height

What means the sum of the areas of all the faces?

• volume

• surface area

• square units

• cubic units

What is surface area measured in ?

• cubic units or U³

• centimeters

• square units or U²

• inches

Which formula can be used to find the volume of a rectangular prism?

• length x width

• length x width x height

• height x length

• length + width + height

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

If you wanted to know how much treasure is in the chest you would be finding the ________________

• volume

• surface area

Identify each situation that would require the application of volume

• Determining the amount of water in a water bottle.

• Determining the number of pencils that could fit into a rectangular box.

• Determining the amount of wrapping paper needed to wrap a box.

• Determining the amount of paint needed to paint the outside of a cylinder.

If you wanted to know how much metal is need to make a can you would be finding the ______

• Surface Area

• Volume

Which statement is true?

• Surface area is the are of the base of a container.

• Surface area is the measurement of the space inside of a container

• Volume is the measure of the amount a container can hold

• Volume is the areas of the surfaces of a container added together.

If you wanted to know how many cheerios could fit inside of the box you would be finding the _______

• volume

• surface area

If you wanted to measure how much coca-cola is inside this can you would be looking for its ________

• surface area

• volume

• perimeter

• area