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The surface area of a pyramid

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “The surface area of a pyramid”, from the unit “2D and 3D shape: surface area and volume (pyramids, spheres and cones)” (Year 11 Maths) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. The net of a cylinder is made from two congruent circles and a ___.
  2. A cylindrical tube is cut and unfolded into a rectangle. Find the values of a and b on the lengths of the rectangle.
  3. Which formula gives the surface area of the curved surface of a cylinder of radius r and height h?
  4. Find the surface area of a cylinder with radius 6 cm and height 9 cm. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
  5. A cylinder has a radius of 3 m and a height of 6 m. The surface area of the cylinder, in terms of \pi, is ___\pim².
  6. The surface area of this cylinder is 120π cm². The length of marked x is ___ cm.
  7. Which of these 3D shapes is a pyramid?
  8. Which of these shapes are polyhedrons?
  9. Jun describes a 3D shape. Jun says, "My shape has an apex that is directly above a vertex of its square base. All the faces other than the base are triangles." What is Jun's shape?
  10. The diagram shows a pyramid and its net. Match each length marked on the net to the correct measurement on the pyramid.
  11. The diagram shows a pyramid and its net. The surface area of the pyramid is ___ m². Do not round your answer.
  12. The surface area of this pyramid is ___ cm².

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