Area vs Surface Area

Mrs. Baker wants to repaint the walls of her classroom, but will not paint the ceiling or the floor. This situation would represent:

• volume

• lateral surface area

• total surface area

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

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

Isabelle is making a wooden birdhouse. The birdhouse is a prism with bases that are pentagons, and has the dimensions shown in the diagram. She's going to cover the birdhouse with paint.

• Surface Area

• Volume

Danny has two boxes to wrap before Christmas morning.

• Surface Area

• Volume

Mario covered this cereal box in wrapping paper to prank his sister. Which formula did he use?

Lisa wanted to paint her ugly brown flower box red. Which formula does she need to use?

"the plastic of a water bottle" would best be represented by...

• Volume

• Surface Area

"a sock" would best be represented by...

• Volume

• Surface Area

"measures space outside of a 3D object" would best be represented by...

• Volume

• Surface Area