Determine If Surface Area or Volume

Volume or Surface Area?

Wrapping a birthday present in wrapping paper.

• Volume

• Surface Area

Find the surface area of the pyramid.

• 12 m²

• 16 m²

• 24 m²

• 20 m²

Which statement is true?

• The volume of prism B is four times the volume of prism A.

• The volume of prism B is twice the volume of prism A.

• The volume of prism B is two larger than the volume of prism A.

• The surface area of prism B is smaller than the surface area of prism A.

Determine if the following is a surface area or volume problem.

The outline of a room is in the shape of a rectangular prism. How many quarts of paint do you need if each quart covers 70 square feet?

• Surface Area

• Volume

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

• Surface Area

• Volume

What is surface area?

• Inside of the object

• the sum of all the areas of all the shapes that cover the surface of the object.

• Something Coach G made up?

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

What is surface area?

• The number of vertices on a polyhedron.

• The sum of the areas of all the faces.

• The sum of all the edge lengths.

• The amount of space inside a polyhedron.

The box in the shape of a rectangular prism is hollow. You want to fill it with water. How long will it take to fill if the water is flowing at the rate of 5 cubic centimeters per second?

• Lateral Surface Area

• Volume

• Total Surface Area

Paige is sewing a tent. If the material cost $0.04 per square in, determine how much it will cost her to make the tent.

• volume

• surface area

If it costs $0.25 for 3 cubic feet of pudding; how much does it cost to fill the cylinder with pudding?

• Surface Area

• Volume