Introduction
Cylinders and Prisms

Two large yellow cylinders

In this topic, you will explore how to find the surface area, lateral area, and volume of prisms and cylinders. You will learn how the net of a three-dimensional figure can help you find the surface area and volume of a prism or cylinder. Your prior knowledge of right triangles will help solve some of the problems presented in this topic.

Essential Questions

 

Warm-Up

colored pencils

Warm-up iconBefore you explore cylinders and prisms, see if you can use your prior knowledge to sketch three figures. Can you sketch a rectangular prism? How about a triangular prism? What does a cylinder look like? Take a moment to sketch all three of these figures before you learn more about each figure in this topic.