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Primary 5 Intensive Practice Date T2 W5

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Tutorial 6
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Focus on Surface Area

STUDENT OUTCOME
At the end of today’s lesson, students should be able to:
 solve word problems involving surface area using application of formula

UNDERSTANDING SURFACE AREA OF A CUBE AND CUBOID

Surface area is the measure of how much exposed area a solid has.
This is calculated by finding the total area of the six faces of a cube or cuboid.

A cube has 6 equal surface areas.

Total surface area 5 cm

= 6 × Length × Length
=6×5×5
= 150
The total surface area of the cube is 150 cm2.

For this cuboid, there are 3 different surface areas.

5 cm

7 cm
11 cm

Top area = 11 × 7 Front area = 11 × 5 Right area = 7 × 5

= 77 = 55 = 35
Total surface area = 2 × (77 + 55 + 35)
= 334
The total surface area of the cuboid is 334 cm2.

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EXAMPLE 1

The figure below shows 2 identical cubes with a total volume of 250 cm3.
Find the total surface area of the 2 cubes.

SOLUTION

Volume of 1 cube = 250 ÷ 2

= 125
125 = 5 × 5 × 5
Length of one side = 5
Surface area of 1 face = 5 × 5
= 25
Total surface area of 2 cubes = 25 × 6 × 2
= 300
The total surface area of the 2 cubes is 300 cm2.

EXAMPLE 2

The figure below shows 2 identical cubes with a total surface area of 972 cm2.
Find the total volume of the 2 cubes.

SOLUTION

Number of faces = 6 × 2
= 12
Area of 1 face = 972 ÷ 12
= 81
81 = 9 × 9
Length of one side = 9
Total volume of 2 cubes = 9 × 9 × 9 × 2
= 1 458
The total volume of the 2 cubes is 1 458 cm3.

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Answer the following questions in the spaces provided.

The use of a calculator is allowed.

1 The figure below shows a cube with a total surface area of 726 cm2.

a Find the length of one side of the cube.

b Find the volume of the cube.

a ____________________________________

b ____________________________________

2 The figure below shows a cube with a total surface area of 1 350 cm2.

a Find the length of one side of the cube.

b Find the volume of the cube.

a ____________________________________

b ____________________________________
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3 The figure below shows 2 identical cubes with a total volume of 686 cm3.

a Find the length of one side of each cube.

b Find the total surface area of the 2 cubes.

a ____________________________________

b ____________________________________

4 The figure below shows 3 identical cubes with a total volume of 1 536 cm3.

a Find the length of one side of each cube.

b Find the total surface area of the 3 cubes.

a ____________________________________

b ____________________________________
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SURFACE AREA OF STACKED CUBES

Front and Back = 2 × Number of faces seen from the front/back

Top and Bottom = 2 × Number of faces seen from the top/bottom

Left and Right = 2 × Number of faces seen from the left/right

Surface Area of stacked cubes = Total number of faces × Area of each face

EXAMPLE 3

The figure below shows a solid figure made up of 1–cm cubes.

What is the total surface area of the solid including the base?

Top View

Side View

Front View

SOLUTION

Number of Front faces = Number of Back faces = 5

Number of Right faces = Number of Left faces = 4
Number of Top faces = Number of Bottom faces = 5
Total number of faces = (2 × 5) + (2 × 4) + (2 × 5)
= 10 + 8 + 10
= 28
Area of each face =1×1
=1
Total surface area = Total number of faces × Area of each face
= 28 × 1
= 28

The total surface area of the solid is 28 cm2.

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5 The solid shown below is made up of 1-cm cubes.

Find the total surface area of the solid.

____________________________________

6 The solid below is made up of 2-cm cubes.

What is the total surface area of the solid?

____________________________________

7 The figure below shows a solid figure made up of identical cubes.

The solid figure has a volume of 704 cm3.
Find the total surface area of the figure.

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8 The figure below shows a solid figure made up of identical cubes.

The solid figure has a volume of 324 cm3.
Find the total surface area of the figure.

____________________________________

9 Conny glued cubes of 1 cm together and formed the figure below.

What is the surface area of the figure?

____________________________________

10 The figure below is formed by sticking different number of 2 cm cubes for each layer.
Each layer forms a square as shown.
If the whole figure is dipped into a pail of paint, what is the area of all the painted faces?

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PSLE PRACTICE

The figure below shows a solid figure made up of 6–cm cubes.

a Shade the front, side and top views of the solid figure in the given square grids below.

Top View

Side View

Front View

a Front View Side View Top View

b If the entire solid is painted, what is the total area that is covered with paint?

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c The whole solid, including the base, was painted green.

How many of the cubes had exactly three of their faces painted green?

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