Surface Area of Prisms

Question 6 • FL-1205010-M/J Grade 6 Mathematics B -GF

What is surface area?

Answer

any of the individual surfaces of a solid object

a pattern of two-dimensional shapes that can be folded to make a model of a solid figure

a solid figure with a base that is a polygon and sides that are triangles that meet at the top

the total area of the surface of a solid figure

Explanation

Surface area is the combined area of every outside face or curved surface of a three-dimensional figure. Choice D, “the total area of the surface of a solid figure,” gives this definition. Choice A describes a single surface, not the total area.

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