Year 10
Higher

Finding the Surface Area of Cubes and Cuboids

Year 10
Higher

Finding the Surface Area of Cubes and Cuboids

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, students will calculate the surface area of cubes and cuboids. We will introduce the appropriate formulae for these calculations and practise determining which measures within a diagram will be appropriate to use in our formulae.

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4 Questions

Q1.
Calculate the volume of the triangular prism.
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Correct answer: 105 cm³
165 cm³
210 cm³
231 cm³
Q2.
Calculate the volume of the triangular prism.
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Correct answer: 1260 m³
2160 m³
2520 m³
2700 m³
Q3.
The volume of the triangular prism is 168 cm³. What is the length labelled y?
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Correct answer: 14 cm
21 cm
3.5 cm
7 cm
Q4.
Calculate the volume of the triangular prism.
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2340 mm³
324 mm³
45 mm³
Correct answer: 450 mm³

4 Questions

Q1.
Calculate the surface area of the cube.
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125 cm³
Correct answer: 150 cm²
25 cm²
60 cm²
Q2.
Calculate the surface area of the cuboid.
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138 cm²
168 cm²
Correct answer: 276 cm²
280 cm²
Q3.
The surface area of a cube is 96 cm². What is the length of the cube?
3 cm
Correct answer: 4 cm
5 cm
6 cm
Q4.
The surface area of the cuboid is 158 cm². Find the length of y.
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2 cm
Correct answer: 3 cm
4 cm
5 cm