Area Surface Area & Volume

Find the total surface area of this right regular pyramid with a square base.

The surface area is ___ square centimeters.

TIP: Think about the shapes that make up the NET of this pyramid.

The pyramid on the left represents a tent that is made from light-weight nylon. How many square meters of nylon would be needed to make the entire tent?

• 48 square meters

• 56 square meters

• 72 square meters

• 96 square meters

This net represents a cereal box before it is folded and made into a box.

How many square centimeters of cardboard would it take to make the box shown by the net?

• 476 sq. cm.

• 494 sq. cm.

• 544 sq. cm.

• 576 sq. cm.

Find the surface area of the net for the rectangular prism shown.

The surface area is ___ square inches.

Joan is building a cardboard box to hold her craft jewels. The box will be rectangular and will be 8cm long by 4cm wide by 8cm tall. If she covers the box with cloth, how much cloth will be needed to cover it?

It will take ___ square cm of cloth to cover the box.

• 236

• 227

• 248

• 256

What is the volume of the rectangular prism shown?

___cubic inch

• none of these

If you think of volume as "Area of the Base X Height),which equation correctly shows how to find the volume of the box shown?

• none of these

Find the volume of the rectangular prism shown.

___cubic inches