Lateral Area and Surface Area of Prisms Word Problems

Solve for lateral surface area?

• 268,800 ft²

• 4,202 ft²

• 1,230 ft²

• 3,000 ft²

What is the formula for lateral surface area? (of a prism)

• S=P x 2 x h x B

• S = P x h + 2 x B

• S = P x h

• S = P + B x 2 / h

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

• Means the bases and no faces

• Means just the faces

What is the difference between lateral area and total surface area?

• Total surface area includes 1 base instead of 2 bases like lateral does

• Lateral includes all the faces while total only includes the bases

• Total surface area includes the base(s) and all the faces while lateral does not include the base(s)

• Lateral just includes B, the area of the base while total does not

Find the total surface area of the rectangular prism.

• 72 cm²

• 36 cm^2

• 60 cm²

Find the lateral surface area of the rectangular prism.

• 72 cm²

• 36 cm^2

• 60 cm²

Find the Surface Area

• 556 cm²

• 278 cm²

• 680 cm²

• 340 cm²

Find the surface area of the rectangular prism.

• 140 in.²

• 83 in.²

• 166 in. ²

• 100 in.²

What is the surface area of this figure?

• 3000 cm ²

• 164 cm ²

• 236 cm ²

• 328 cm ²

What is the surface area of this figure?

• 200 cm ²

• 800 cm ²

• 400 cm ²

• 100 cm ²