Surface Area Real World

You are putting in a pool at your house in the shape of a rectangular prism.  The length is 40 ft, the width is 20 ft and the 3-D height is 12 ft.  How much water will be in the pool?

• 8640 cubic feet
• 8400 cubic feet
• 8000 cubic feet
• 9600 cubic feet

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You want to wrap the box in the image.  How much wrapping paper would you need?

• 415 squared cm
• 489 squared cm
• 302 squared cm
• 612 squared cm

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You need to paint your rectangular prism bedroom. Your room is 10 feet by 12 feet and has 8 foot tall ceilings. A gallon of the paint you want covers 250 square feet. If you painted the floor, the walls, and the ceiling of your room, how many gallons would you need?

• 2 gallons

• 3 gallons

• 4 gallons

• 5 gallons

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Find the surface area of the flea circus tent shown.

• 1800 cm²

• 473.6 cm²

• 360 cm²

• 460 cm²

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The picture is a model of a barn that is being built. The bottom is a perfect cube with a square pyramid sitting on top. The architect wants to paint the whole outside of the model (including the bottom) red. How much red paint will he need to paint it?

• 228 cm²

• 312 cm²

• 360 cm²

• 240 cm²

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Is surface area.......

• Filling in a 3 dimensional shape 
• wrapping the outside of a 3 dimensional shape

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A rectangular brick has a length of 5 centimeters, a width of  9 centimeters and a height of 20 centimeters. What is the surface area of that brick? 

• 650 cm²
• 600 cm²
• 525 cm²
• 450 cm²

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Noah just purchased a new tent. Each triangle shaped side is 6 feet high, and the square base is 8 feet wide. What is the surface area of Noah’s tent?

• 160 ft squared

• 64 ft squared

• 96 ft squared

• 180 ft squared

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Bycen is shipping a cube shaped box. The box has a length of 18 inches. What is the surface area of the box?

• 1,846 in sq.

• 472 in sq.

• 1,944 in sq.

• 108 in sq.

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For a social studies project Braxton created an Egyptian pyramid. The triangular sides have a height of 18 cm and a base of 14 cm. What is the surface area of his pyramid?

• 504 cm sq.

• 700 cm sq.

• 828 cm sq.

• 1,204 cm sq.

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