Unit 10 · Standard 6.G.4
Surface Area of Pyramids
My Notes Level 1 Support Level 2 Standard Level 3 Enrichment
Today's objectives
Content Objective: I can find the surface area of a pyramid by adding the base area and the lateral faces.
Language Objective: I can explain my work using the words pyramid, slant height, lateral face, and base.
📖 See Learn It for the explanation and worked examples, and the Vocab tab for the words. These are your notes to fill in and keep.
✏️ Fill in each blank as we go. Use the Word Bank to help you.
📚 Word Bank — fill each blank with the best word
👆 Tap any word to see what it means and a picture.
Level 3: try the blanks from memory first, then check the bank.
- 1A solid with a polygon base and triangular faces meeting at one point is a .
- 2The height of a triangular face of a pyramid, measured along the slanted side, is the .
- 3A triangular side face of a pyramid is a .
- 4The polygon on the bottom of a pyramid is the .
- 5The single top point where the triangular faces of a pyramid meet is the .
- 6The combined area of all the side faces, not counting the base, is the .
Reflect — Exit Ticket
A square pyramid has a base edge of 6 in and a slant height of 5 in. What is the total surface area?
- 96 in²
- 60 in²
- 96 in³
- 36 in²
Your answer: