Surface Areas

Surface area measurement is used in everyday life: carpeting, painting your house, buying roofing, seal-coating driveways, etc...

 Surface area of a right prism:

•  Net - cut and lay prism flat
•  Net for a cube = 6 X Edges squared
•  Sum of areas of lateral faces is the lateral surface area
•  Surface area is the sum of the lateral surface area and the area of the bases

Surface area of a cylinder

Surface area of a pyramid 

Surface Area = n(1/2 x B x L) + B

Surface area of a cone

Surface area of a sphere

Here is an awesome website with interactive Surface Area activities to practice with!
http://www.brainingcamp.com/resources/math/surface-area/