Lateral vs Total Surface Area Vocab

Find the lateral surface area of the following shape:

• 144

• 96

• 288

• 480

Find the lateral surface area of the following shape:

• 132

• 220

• 64

• 165

What is lateral surface area?

• The area of all of the sides (including bases or top and bottom).

• The area of only the sides (not including the bases or top and bottom).

• The perimeter of the base.

• The area of the base.

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.

Lateral Surface Area is...

• Each side of a figure including the bases

• Only the area of the sides of a figure

• Vertical Change

• Volume

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

• Means the bases and no faces

• Means just the faces

What is the lateral surface area of this figure? 

• 324 cm²

• 144 cm²

• 180 cm²

• 288 cm²

What is the difference between lateral area and total surface area?

• Total surface area includes 1 base instead of 2 bases like lateral does

• Lateral includes all the faces while total only includes the bases

• Total surface area includes the base(s) and all the faces while lateral does not include the base(s)

• Lateral just includes B, the area of the base while total does not

Find the LATERAL surface area of the cone. Round to the nearest tenth.

• 252.6 sq. cm

• 217.6 sq. cm

• 365.7 sq. cm

• 435.2 sq. cm

Find the total surface area of the figure

• 200 cm²

• 250 cm²

• 216 cm²

• 222 cm²