Bellwork

1. Get your folder from the green crate.

2. Turn in your vocabulary to the orange bin.
3. Answer the following question on your bellwork sheet:
Find the area of the regular
octagon with a center of P.
Show all work and explain
how you found your answer.
(Hint: Divide the shape into
shapes you know how to find

15
meters

the area of.)

10 meters

8-2B Surface
Area of Prisms
LG 709: Students will be able to solve real-world
and mathematical problems involving surface area
of 3D shapes composed of triangles and polygons.
Objective: Students will be able to solve real-world
and mathematical problems involving surface area
of prisms.

Explore: Predict which

prisms will have a
greater surface area.
With your shoulder partner, you will use
the cubes to build a rectangular prism
with a length of 8 centimeters.
You will build two more prisms using 8
cubes.
Which types of prisms will have the
greatest and least surface areas?

Explore
1. With your shoulder partner, use the
cubes to build a rectangular prism with
a length of 8 centimeters.
2. Record the dimensions, volume, and
surface area in a table.
3. Build two more prisms using 8 cubes.
For each, record the dimensions,
volume, and surface area.
4. Describe the prisms with the greatest
and least surface area. Did your

Net of a Cereal Box

Recall the Cereal Box

from Last Class
1) What are the shapes that make up the
surfaces of the rectangular prism?
2) What do you notice about the top and
bottom faces, the left and right faces,
and the front and back faces?
3) Explain how you could find the total area
of the surfaces of your rectangular prism?
4) Write a formula for the surface area using
the terms base, width, and height of the.
Use the net to help you. Justify your
answer.

Surface Area of a
Rectangular Prism

Find the Surface Area

of the Cereal Box
1. Write the formula.
2. Plug the given dimensions
into your formula.
3. Solve one step at a

12
time.
inches

4. Write your answer with

the appropriate units.
5. Make sure your answer
is reasonable.

2
inches

8
inches

Check Your Progress

Find the surface area of each prism.

Net of a Triangular Prism

Recall the Triangular

Prism from Last Class
1) What are the shapes that make up the
surfaces of the triangular prism?
2) What do you notice about the top and
bottom faces, the lateral sides?
3) Explain how you could find the total
area of the surfaces of your triangular
prism?
4) Write a formula for the surface area
using the terms base, width, and
height of the box. Use the net to help
you. Justify your answer

Find the Surface Area of

the Toblerone
1. Write the formula, or draw the faces.
2. Plug the given dimensions
into your formula.
3. Solve one step at a time.
4. Write your answer with
the appropriate units.
5. Make sure your answer
is reasonable.

12
inches

1.5
inches
2
in
2
inches

Check Your Progress

Find the surface area of each prism. Round
to the nearest tenth if necessary.

Scale for LG 709

LG 709: Students will be able to solve realworld and mathematical problems
involving surface area of 3D shapes
composed of triangles and polygons.

Check off any additional

vocabulary or skills you feel
confident on after our last
two lessons together.

Exit Pass
Write a formula for the surface
area S.A. of a cube in which
each side measures x units.
Explain how this relates to the
surface area formula for a
rectangular prism.