Monday, April 14, 2008

Jocelyne's B.O.B.

Jocelyne's B.O.B.

SURFACE AREA:

The surface area is the area of the outside part of a shape. For a rectangular prism it would be the 2 sides, the top and bottom, and the front and back.
A net is an easy way to show the rectangular prism's area .



The formula for this would be :

surface area = area top + area bottom + area side + area side² + area front + area back
OR
surface area = 2(L x W) + 2(H x L) + 2(H x W)
= 2(4cm x 2cm) + 2(2cm x 4cm) + 2(2cm x 2cm)
= 2(8cm) + 2(8cm) + 2(4cm)
= 16cm² + 16cm² + 8cm²
= 40 cm²



You can use the formula examples i showed you here to help you answer your own surface area question.

VOLUME:

The volume is the measurement of how much space the shape takes up. The answer is always cubed or in an exponent ³.The volume of a rectangular prism would look like this.


The formula for this would be:

volume = L x W x H
= 3cm x 2cm x 2cm


= 12 cm³
OR
volume
= area of base x height

= 6cm² x 2cm
= 12cm³

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