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Surface Area Word Problems:
1.) Mary wants to make several cans. The can is cylindrical with a radius of 7 in and a
height of 10 inches. She is going to cut them fom shet of metal that has an area of
3,750 in’, How many can she make? i
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2.) Trey and Matt each have a rectangular prism, The base of Trey’s prism is 4 om by 7
em and has a height of 12 cm. The base of Matt’s prism is 6 em by 10 em and has a
height of 3 cm, Whose rectangular prism will require more material to construct?
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3.) Campbell Soup is creating a new soup label. Ifa can has a height of 6 in and a
diameter of 4 in, how much material does Campbell need for each soup label?
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4.) A birthday party hat has a diameter of 12 inches and a height of 14 inches, How
much paper is used to create the hat?
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5. A men’s basketball has a diameter of 9.85 inches. A women’s basketball has a
diameter of 9.5 inches. How much more material is used to make a men’s ball than a
5 ball?
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925 2 6. A Toblerone chocolate container is shown below. ‘The sides of the rectangular sides
are 17.4 cm by 2.8 cm, The triangles on the end are equilateral. Find how much
packaging they need for the outside of the box.
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7.) You are painting a room that is 18 ft Jong, 14 ft wide and 8 ft hi
a) Find the area of the four walls that you are going to paint. 8
14)(9) + 2
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1b) If the paint costs $6.50 a gallon and each gallon covers 128 ft” of wall, how
much will it cost to paint the room?
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8.) Nam and Brandon each have a cylindrical canister of Pringles. Nam's cylinder has a
diameter of 7 inches and a height of 13 inches. Brandon’s cylinder has a diameter of 5
inches and a height of 20 inches. Whose cylinder has a larger surface area? How much
larger is their container? (s.¢)*
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