Nets and Surface Area of Rectangular and Triangular Prisms

What is surface area?

• The amount of stuff that can fit in an object.

• A 2D shape.

• A 3D shape.

• The sum of the areas of all the surfaces (faces) of a 3D shape.

Is surface area.......

• Filling in a 3 dimensional shape

• wrapping the outside of a 3 dimensional shape

You found the surface area of a cube.  Which units would be appropriate?

• in

• in²

• in³

• in⁴

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CCSS.3.MD.C.6

How do you find the surface area of a 3 dimensional shape?

• Find the area of all the faces and add them together.

• Add all the faces

• Add the bases

• Multiply the dimensions together.

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CCSS.6.G.A.4

Travanta needs to wrap a rectangular prism similar to the one shown. Which measure of the rectangular prism would be MOST helpful in determining the amount of wrapping paper Travanta needs?

• circumference

• surface area

• perimeter

• volume

What is the base of the triangular prism?

• rectangle

• triangle

• square

• circle

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CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

What is the base of this rectangular prism?

• rectangle

• triangle

• square

• circle

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CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

What is the TOTAL surface area of the triangular prism shown.

• 960 cm²

• 448 cm²

• 256 cm²

• 544 cm²

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

Find the surface area of the rectangular prism

• 240

• 310

• 70

• 350

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CCSS.6.G.A.4

The base of a triangular prism is a

• square

• triangle

• rectangle

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CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1