Lateral vs Total Surface Area

Find the Lateral Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism.

• 640

• 320

• 208

• 346

Shelby wants to wrap a present in a box for Sarah. The top and bottom of the box is 8 in. by 3 in., the sides are both 3 in. by 2 in. and the front and back are 8 in. by 2 in. How much wrapping paper will Chloe need to wrap the present?

Is this problem asking about Lateral or Total surface area?

• Lateral

• Total

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.

Is this looking for Lateral or Total surface area?

• Lateral

• Total

Hannah bakes a rectangular cake that is 9 inches wide, 13 inches long and 2 inches high. She removes the cake from the pan to frost it. If she frosts only the sides with pink icing, how much pink icing does she need to cover the sides of the cake? Select the quantity the problem is wanting you to find.

• Volume

• Total Surface Area

• Lateral Surface Area

Which value does NOT include the base shape?

• Lateral Surface Area

• Total Surface Area

Jesse needs to wrap the present shown below. How much wrapping paper would he need?

Is this asking for Lateral or Total surface area?

• Lateral

• Total

Jesse needs to wrap the present shown below. How much wrapping paper would he need?

Is this asking for Lateral or Total surface area?

• Lateral

• Total

What does lateral mean when asked to find the lateral surface area?

• Means the bases and no faces

• Means just the faces

Lateral Surface Area is...

• Each side of a figure including the bases

• Only the area of the sides of a figure

• Vertical Change

• Volume

Noah has a new saltwater aquarium in the shape of a rectangular prism in his room. The base is 6 ft by 2.5 ft. The height is 4 ft. How many square feet of glass was used to build the sides (NOT top and bottom) of the aquarium? Select the quantity the problem is wanting you to find.

• Volume

• Total Surface Area

• Lateral Surface Area