10-4 Surface Areas of Pyramids and Cones

Objective Find the surface area of pyramids and cones.

CA Geometry Standard 9.0

Students

compute the volumes and surface areas of prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones, and spheres; and students commit to memory the formulas for prisms, pyramids, and cylinders.

Cones and Pyramids

Height Slant Height

h
Pyramid Pyramid Slant Height

Cone

Theorem 10-3

Lateral Area and Surface Area of a Regular Pyramid

1 L P 2 Lateral
Area

Base Perimeter

Slant Height

S LB
Surface Area Lateral Area Base Area

#1 Finding Surface Area of a Pyramid

Find the surface area of a square pyramid with base edges 5 m and slant height 3 m.

S LB
1 2 L P Bs 2 2 P 4(5) 20 B5 1 2 2 L 20(3) 30 m B 25 m 2 S 30 25 2 S 55 m

3m

5m

#2 Finding Surface Area of a Pyramid

Find the surface area of a regular hexagonal pyramid with a slant height 20 in and sides 8 in.

20 in 1 1 B ap L p 2 2 1 P 6(8) 48 in 2 B 4 3 48 1 2 L 48(20) 480 in 2 2 B 96 3 in 2

S LB

8 in

S 480 166.3 S 646.3 in 2

30

4 3 in

4 in

Theorem 10-4

Lateral Area and Surface Area of a Cone

L r

r
Lateral Area Radius Slant Height

B
Surface Area

S LB
Lateral Area Base Area

#3 Finding the Surface Area of a Cone

The radius of the base of a cone is 5 m. Its slant height is 13 m. Find the surface area.

S LB L r L 5(13)
L 65 m
2

B r 2 B 52
B 25 m
2

13 m

5m

S 65 25 2 S 90 m