Year 10
Higher
Year 10
Higher
Finding the Surface Area of Cubes and Cuboids
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- 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.
165 cm³
210 cm³
231 cm³
Q2.
Calculate the volume of the triangular prism.
2160 m³
2520 m³
2700 m³
Q3.
The volume of the triangular prism is 168 cm³. What is the length labelled y?
21 cm
3.5 cm
7 cm
Q4.
Calculate the volume of the triangular prism.
2340 mm³
324 mm³
45 mm³
4 Questions
Q1.
Calculate the surface area of the cube.
125 cm³
25 cm²
60 cm²
Q2.
Calculate the surface area of the cuboid.
138 cm²
168 cm²
280 cm²
Q3.
The surface area of a cube is 96 cm². What is the length of the cube?
3 cm
5 cm
6 cm
Q4.
The surface area of the cuboid is 158 cm². Find the length of y.
2 cm
4 cm
5 cm