Area Perimeter Volume and Surface Area Prisms

How do you find the total surface area of a Prism?

How do you find the lateral surface area of a Prism?

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 looking for Lateral or Total surface area?

• Lateral

• Total

What is the Perimeter of the base?

Total Surface Area is....

• Each area combined including the 2 bases

• Only the sides of a prism or cylinder

• Volume

• Ketchup

Lateral Surface Area is...

• Each side of a figure including the bases

• Only the area of the sides of a figure

• Vertical Change

• Volume

Find the total surface area of the prism.

• 48 square inches

• 64 square inches

• 88 square inches

• 76 square inches

Find the total surface area of the prism.

• 161 square feet

• 1,700 square feet

• 75 square feet

• 186 square feet

What is the total surface area of the triangular prism shown? 

• 468 in²

• 540 in²

• 576 in²

• 700 in²

What is surface area?

• Inside of the object

• the sum of all theareas of all the shapes that cover the surface of the object.

• Something Mr. Strickland made up?

• Surface area is what you get when you boil unicorn tears.