Geometry Chapter 7 Surface Area & Volume Name ___________________

Surface Area & Volume of Prisms HW option 1 Date __________ Period ____

Show all of your work and label your answers with the correct units rounded to the nearest tenth.

(1) A cubic shipping box has a volume of 27m3.

Find the surface area of the open container (not including the lid). SA = _________

(2) Find the lateral area of the triangular prism below. LA = _________

10ft

6ft
9ft

(3) Identify the dimensions of the box which has a height of 9 units and a
length is 4 units more than its width. L = _________

W = _________

H = _________

(4) Determine the surface area and volume of the cubic prism below. SA = _________

V = _________
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Geometry Chapter 7 Surface Area & Volume Name ___________________
Surface Area & Volume of Prisms HW option 2 Date __________ Period ____

Show all of your work and label your answers with the correct units rounded to the nearest tenth.

1) Find the surface area to volume ratio of a right rectangular prism with a length of 3cm, width of 4cm,
and a height of 12cm.
S:V = _________

12cm

4cm
3cm
Consider the dimensions of the cereal box from todays lesson. Can you create a box that has
the same volume but whose dimensions differ? [Hint: consider and algebraic approach]

For example:

Box A: Box B: The volume for both Box A and Box B

length = 18 units length = 15 units is equal to 1296 cubic units, however
width = 6 units width = 8 units their dimensions differ.
height = 12 units height = 10.8 units

(1) Identify the length, width, and height of your original box and your new box.

Original Cereal Box: New Cereal Box:

Length = __________ Length = __________

Width = ___________ Width = ___________

Height = ___________ Height = ___________

(2) Draw the and label net of your new box.

(3) Determine the surface area of your new box.

How does it compare to the surface area from the original box?

Surface Area of Original Box = ____________

Surface Area of New Box = ____________