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Surface Area of Cubes, Prisms, & Cylinders

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is surface area?

a)

The length times the width

b)

The sum of all the areas of all the shapes that cover the surface of the 3-dimensional figure.

c)

That math stuff my teachers are always talking about

d)

Surface area is what you get when you boil Baby Yoda's tears.

2.
Which example requires you to find the surface area?
a)
Finding out how much water will fill a cylinder
b)
Finding out how much wrapping paper is needed to cover a present
c)
Finding the amount a container can hold
d)
Finding out how much wood is needed to build a fence in your back yard.
3.
What 3D solid does this net create?
a)
Rectangular Prism
b)
Rectangular Pyramid
c)
Cube
d)
Square Prism
4.
The volume of this CUBE is 64 cubed cm. What is the cube's height? * hint ---  l x w x h =64---- the shape is a CUBE
a)
6cm
b)
 4 cm
c)
64 cm
d)
 8903 cm 8
5.

Find the total surface area of the cube.

a)

1600 ft2

b)

8000 ft2

c)

120 ft2

d)

2400 ft2

6.

Determine the total surface area of the figure.

a)

96 cm2

b)

84 cm2

c)

144 cm2

7.

What is the surface area?

a)

164 in2

b)

82 in2

c)

120 in3

d)

164 in3

8.
What is the SURFACE AREA of this figure? * hint the height of this CUBE is 3
a)
64 cm2
b)
54 cm2
c)
36 cm
9.
Find the total surface area of the prism.
a)
48 square inches
b)
64 square inches
c)
88 square inches
d)
76 square inches
10.

What is the total surface area of the triangular prism shown?

a)

960 cm2

b)

448 cm2

c)

256 cm2

d)

544 cm2

11.
What is the total surface area of the triangular prism shown? 
a)
468 in2
b)
540 in2
c)
576 in2
d)
700 in2
12.

What is the surface area of the cylinder?

a)

176π cm2

b)

376.8 cm3

c)

376.8 cm2

d)

120π cm2

13.

What is the surface area of the cylinder to the nearest square inch?

a)

625 in2

b)

1300 in2

c)

1046 in2

d)

414 in2

14.

Campbell Soup is creating a new soup label. If a can has a height of 6 in and a diameter of 4 in, how much material does Campbell need for each soup label? Use 3.14 for π.

(*Hint- only use half of the equation for the surface area of a cylinder!)


What is the surface area of the label?

a)

150.72 in2

b)

100.48 in2

c)

24 in2

d)

75.36 in2