Name _________________________________ Period ______ Date _________
Surface Area Review
Show ALL work including copying the formula!! Box your answer.
1) A painter uses a cylindrical roller. The roller has a height of 8 in and a diameter of 6 in.
To the nearest square inch, what is the area covered by one complete revolution of the
roller?
Work:
r = ______
h = ______
2) A company designed a new cereal box that is 12 inches tall, 2.5 inches deep, and 8 inches
wide. How many square inches of cardboard are needed to make 10 boxes?
Work:
P = _______
B = _______
h (prism) = ________
3) Clarise bought a new nylon tent. How much nylon was used to make her new tent?
5 ft
9 ft
Work:
6 ft
P = _______
B = _______
h (prism) = ________
4) A soup can is in the shape of a cylinder. It has a diameter of 6 inches and a height of 8.5
inches. How much metal is needed to make the soup can?
Work:
r = ______
h = ______
5) Matthew wants to wrap a sandwich in plastic wrap. The sandwich is shaped like a
rectangular prism with a length of 4 inches, a width of 3 inches and a height of 1 1/2
inches. How much plastic wrap does he need?
Work:
P = _______
B = _______
h (prism) = ________
6) A Toblerone Chocolate Bar has a package in the shape of a triangular prism. The ends are
equilateral triangles. How many square centimeters of cardboard are used to make the
package?
Work:
P = _______
B = _______
h (prism) = ________
7) Which equation correctly shows how to find the lateral surface area of the triangular
prism?
A. S = 24(8)
B. S = 24(12)
C. S = 44(8)
D. S = 44(12)
8) Dominique has some blocks that she would like to paint different colors. Each block is
shaped as a cube with a side length of 5 inches. Which equation correctly shows the
calculations necessary to find how many square feet of paint is needed to paint each
block?
A.
B.
C.
D.
S = (20)5 + (2)50
S = 25(25)
S = 5(5)(5)
S = 20(5) + (2)25
Bonus
Loretta bought an aquarium for her fish. The tank is 5 feet wide, 3.5 feet tall, and 2 feet
long. The directions indicate to fill the aquarium only
Loretta put in the aquarium?
1
full. How much water should
2