Determining Pyramids and Prisms

A storage shed is shown below. How many cubic feet will the storage shed hold?

Max is determining the volume of the triangular pyramid below. Which expression will give him the correct value of B, the area of the base?

• 3 (4)

• 3 (5)

Which expression below can be used to determine the volume of the square pyramid?

A prism has _______ base(s).

• 1

• 2

All of the faces on a pyramid that are NOT the base must be

• rectangles

• triangles

• squares

The base of a square pyramid is a

• square

• triangle

• hexagon

Both prisms and pyramids are named for their

• vertices

• edges

• base(s)

• faces

A pyramid has _______ base(s).

• 1

• 2

Match the following

• V = (1/2bh)h

• Volume of a rectangular pyramid

• V = lwh

• Volume of a triangular pyramid

• V = lwh

• Volume of a rectangular prism

• V = 1/3(1/2bh)h

• Volume of a cube

• V = 1/3(lw)h

• Volume of a triangular prism

Pyramids and prisms are both belong to this category of shapes

• polygons

• parallelograms

• polyhedrons