Area and volume, Prisms and Pyramids

The area is essential to volume. As part of the review for the General Certificate of Secondary Education math assessment, a helpful video covers how to find the volume of several common 3-D figures. Pupils use the general volume formula...

An exercise in finding the area of polygons by decomposing into triangles and composing into rectangles is the focus of this resource. Make several copies of the worksheet for each participant. Ask learners to use colored pencils to...

Young mathematicians examine area of different figures with the same cross-sectional lengths and work up to volumes of 3D figures with the same cross-sectional areas. The instruction and the exercises stress that the two...

The measurements are all in the can. The review for the math portion of the General Certificate of Secondary Education assessments provides scholars the opportunity to review finding volume and surface area of a cylinder. Pupils work on...

How many sides does that polygon have? Building directly from lesson number eight in this series, learners now find the area and perimeter of any polygon on the coordinate plane. They decompose the polygons into triangles and use Green's...

When algebra and geometry get together, good things happen! Given a system of inequalities that create a quadrilateral, learners graph and find vertices. They then use the vertices and Green's Theorem to find the area and perimeter of...

Partners use materials to wrap three-dimensional objects to determine the formula for surface area. The groups use an orange to calculate the amount of peel it takes to completely cover the fruit. Using manipulatives, individuals then...

Wrap up a lesson on surface area with a useful video. Pupils learn how to find the surface area of triangular and trapezoidal prisms. They watch a video to see an example for each type of prism.

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of finding the surface area of rectangular prisms. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...

Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of surface area of rectangular prisms. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the...