Author: R.Davies

Surface Area
Cube
Cuboid
Prism
Triangular Prism
Cylinder

Literacy

cm2

Give three examples of suitable units which we can use for surface area.
What happens to the surface area of a cube when each side is doubled?

Research

Memory

Surface area of a cylinder is 2πrh+2πr2

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r

Skills

Find the surface area of each of the following prisms. None of the diagrams are drawn accurately!

Q1

What is the surface are of a cube with sides of length 2cm?

Q2

What is the surface area of a cube with sides of length 5cm?

Q3

Q4

4cm

7cm

3cm

5cm

8cm

9cm

Q5

Q6

8cm

5cm

10cm

4cm

14cm

3cm

Round your answer to 1dp.

Stretch

Q1

A cube has a surface area of 294cm2.
What is the length of the sides of the cube?

Q2

A cube has a volume of 64cm3.
What is the length of the sides of the cube?

Q3

8cm

6cm

x cm

The cuboid above has a surface area of 376cm2.
What is the length of the side labelled x?