Name: __________________________Period: ______
Today’s Date: _________________ Due Date: Tuesday, Feb. 14th
Surface Area Formative (Graded)
1. A box in the shape of a triangular prism is shown below. What is the lateral surface area of the box?
2. A cube has a side length of 5 inches, what is the total surface area of the cube?
3. James covered the outside of a gift box shaped like a rectangular prism with paper. The box is 3.4 feet long, 2.6
feet wide, and 2.8 feet high. How much paper would James need in square feet?
4. Fred bought 320 square feet of plywood to make the triangular shed shown here. If he used plywood for all
parts of the shed, including the bottom, how much did he have left over?
5. The dimensions of four different rectangular prisms are shown below. Which rectangular prism has the greatest
surface area?
a.
b.
c.
d.
9 in. by 11 in. by 2 in.
9 in. by 5 in. by 5 in.
9 in. by 8 in. by 3 in.
9 in. by 1 in. by 17 in.
6. Bob painted all faces of this prism except for the bases. What area did he paint?
7. A rectangular prism is 150 inches long, 75 inches wide, and 72 inches tall. What is the surface area in square
feet?
8. What is the lateral surface area of the prism shown if you assume the bottom piece is the base?
BONUS: (10 points)
What is the total surface area of the figure shown?