Identifying Lateral Surface Area

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

• Means the bases and no faces

• Means just the faces

What do we write next to "LSA" or "lateral surface area"?

• all shapes added together

• no bases

• bh/2

How do you find the Lateral Surface Area of a rectangular prism?

• find the sum of the areas of all the faces and bases.

• find the sum of four bases (not the top and bottom bases)

• find the sum of the bases only

• multiply the faces and the bases

You can find the lateral and total surface area of a prism by using a net.

• True

• False

Find the lateral surface area of the following shape:

• 40

• 1374

• 480

• 205.36

Find the lateral surface area of the triangular prism. Round to the nearest tenth.

(Type in the value only, no units.)

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Find the lateral surface area of the prism.

Don't forget to divide the diameter by 2 to get the radius.

• 100.53 square inches

• 351.86 square inches

• 251.33 square inches

• 50.27 square inches

Find the lateral surface area of the following shape:

• 480

• 2784

• 1008

• 240

Lateral Surface Area is...

• Each side of a figure including the bases

• Only the area of the sides of a figure

• Vertical Change

• Volume

This formula is used to solve ___________.

• Lateral Surface Area of a Prism

• Lateral Surface Area of a Cylinder

• Total Surface Area of a Prism

• Total Surface Area of a Cylinder