A cylinder can be considered a circular prism, so finding the surface area is a lot like a regular prism:
- Consider how many sides the shape will have
- Find the area of each side
- Find the sum of the areas
Resources
- Watch the 5 videos and complete your notes:
In-Class Assignment
- p186 #3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Things you should be able to do after today:
- determine the area of a cylinder using its net
- determine the area of a cylinder using a formula
- determine the area of a 3d shape that uses parts of cylinders