Exercise
Comparing Surface Areas of Prisms using Nets
Compare the surface areas of different prisms by analyzing their nets. Determine which prisms have larger or smaller total surface areas.
Questions
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Net A is a cube with side 4 cm. Net B is a rectangular prism with dimensions 2 cm x 4 cm x 6 cm. Which has a larger surface area?
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Net A is a cube of side 5 cm. Net B is a square pyramid with base side 10 cm and triangle height 5 cm. Which net has a smaller surface area?
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Prism Net X has faces of areas 10, 10, 20, 20, 30, 30. Prism Net Y has faces 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15. What is the difference in surface area?
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Net 1 is a cube with side 3 cm and Net 2 is a rectangular prism with dimensions 1x3x5 cm. By how much does Net 1's surface area exceed Net 2's?
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Net A is a cube with edge 6 cm. Net B is a cube with edge 5 cm. How much greater is the surface area of Net A?
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Comparing two rectangular prism nets: Box 1 is 4x4x4 cm. Box 2 is 2x4x8 cm. Which box requires more material to make?
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Net A is a triangular prism (bases 6 sq cm each, 3 rectangles of 20 sq cm each). Net B is a cube of side 3 cm. What is the difference in surface area?
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Which net has a larger surface area: a cube net with side 10 cm or a rectangular prism net with dimensions 5 cm x 10 cm x 15 cm?
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Net X has a surface area of 144 sq cm. Net Y has a surface area of 180 sq cm. What ratio is Net X's surface area to Net Y's surface area in simplest form?
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Two cube nets have side lengths of 2 cm and 4 cm respectively. What is the ratio of their surface areas?
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Net A has surface area 200 sq cm. Net B has surface area 250 sq cm. How much more area does Net B have?
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If doubling the side length of a cube net increases its face area by 4 times, how does the total surface area change?