Surface Area of Prisms

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What is the Surface Area of a figure?

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The sum of all the areas of all the shapes that cover the solid figure.

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What is the name of a prism with triangular bases?

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Triangular prism.

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CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

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How do you calculate the total surface area of a prism?

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Add the areas of all the faces of the prism.

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

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What is the formula for the surface area of a rectangular prism?

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Surface Area = 2(lw + lh + wh), where l is length, w is width, and h is height.

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

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What is the surface area of a cube?

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Surface Area = 6a^2, where a is the length of a side of the cube.

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CCSS.6.G.A.4

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What is the surface area of a cylinder?

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Surface Area = 2πr(h + r), where r is the radius and h is the height.

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What is the surface area of a sphere?

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Surface Area = 4πr^2, where r is the radius.

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CCSS.8.G.C.9

CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.3

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What is the total surface area of a prism?

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The sum of the areas of all its faces, including the bases.

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

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How do you find the area of a triangle?

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Area = 1/2 * base * height.

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CCSS.6.G.A.1

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What is the surface area of a triangular prism with a base area of 50 ft² and a height of 10 ft?

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Surface Area = 2 * base area + perimeter of base * height.

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CCSS.7.G.B.6