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14 Volume, surface area and symmetry

14.2 Calculating the surface area

of triangular prisms, pyramids and
cylinders
Exercise 14.2

E
Focus
1 Copy and complete the workings to find the surface area of
each pyramid.
a

b
PL
Square-based pyramid (all triangles equal in size)
Square base: 10 × 10 =
1
(
Triangular faces: 4 × 2 × 10 × 8 =

Total = + = m2
m2

)
Triangular-based pyramid (all triangles equal in size)
m2
10m
8m
M
Each triangular face: 1 × 20 × 17 = cm2
2 17cm

Total = 4 × = cm2
20cm

2 Copy and complete the workings to find the surface area of

each prism.
SA

a Front and back: 2 × (4 × 12) = cm2

Sides: 2 × (4 × 10) = cm2
4 cm
Top and base: 10cm
2 × (12 × 10) = cm2 12cm
Total = + + = cm2
b Triangle ends:
(
2 × 1 × 24 × 5 =
2 ) cm2
Sides: 2 × (13 × 8) = cm2 13cm 5cm
8 cm
Base: 24 × 8 = cm 2
24 cm
Total = + + = cm2

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14.2 Calculating the surface area of triangular prisms, pyramids and cylinders

c Triangle ends:
(
2 × 1 × 12 × 9 =
2 ) cm2

Sloping face: 15 cm
15 × 12.5 = cm2
Back face: 9 cm
9 × 12.5 = cm2 12.5 cm
12 cm
Base: 12 × 12.5 = cm2
Total = + + + = cm2
3 Copy and complete the workings to find the surface area of
this cylinder.

E
Area of circle = πr2 3cm
= π × 32
= cm2 (2 d.p.) 8cm

Circumference of circle = πd

Area of rectangle

Total area
PL
=π×
=

=
=
cm (2 d.p.)
= circumference of circle × 8
×8
cm2 (2 d.p.)
= 2 × area of circle + area of rectangle
radius = 3 cm

height = 8cm
M
=2× +
= cm2 (3 s.f.)

Practice
SA

4 Work out the surface area of each cylinder. Give your answers correct to one
decimal place (1 d.p.).
a 4cm b 2.8cm c 30mm
15mm
15cm 20cm

5 The diagram shows a tetrahedron and a cylinder.

Tip
Which shape has the greater surface area? Show your working.
Remember: in a
4cm tetrahedron, all
13cm of the triangular
14cm faces are the
same size.
16cm

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