Surface area word problems

A group of students made trees out of paper for a scene in a school play. The trees are shaped like square pyramids.

How much paper will it take to make each tree, including the bottom?

What is the surface area of the roof, including the bottom?

Give an exact answer (do not round).

Dmitri’s mom is making him a tent to use for backyard camp outs with his friends.

How much material will Dmitri’s mom need for the tent, including the floor?

Give an exact answer (do not round).

After reading a book about ancient Egypt, Cassie decided to build a model of a pyramid out of cardboard.

How much cardboard does Cassie need to make the model, including the bottom?

Alice is building a caterpillar habitat for some caterpillars she found in her back yard. She plans to cover all sides of the habitat with screen so the caterpillars get plenty of fresh air.

What is the total amount of screen that Alice will need for her habitat?

Give an exact answer (do not round).

Miss McGrew is making stools for her first graders to use during story time. To make the stools, she covers wooden cubes with carpet.

How much carpet does it take to cover each cube?

How much carpet does it take to cover each cube?

Shanti is taking a cube-shaped gift to a friend’s birthday party. She wants to wrap it but she doesn’t have very much paper, so she does not overlap any of the edges.

How much paper did it take to cover the gift?

A restaurant built a ramp to make their facility more accessible to people in wheelchairs. They covered the entire surface of the ramp with metal to make it more durable.

How much metal did they use to cover the ramp, including the bottom?

Give an exact answer (do not round).

An artist is building a pedestal out of wood that will be used to display a piece of sculpture. She plans to cover the pedestal with tile.

How much tile will it take to cover the pedestal, including the bottom?

Stephanie just redecorated her bedroom. She wants to paint her door green but needs to know the surface area of the door to see if she has enough paint.

What is the surface area of the door?

The Outstanding O’s cereal box has been redesigned with a new size and shape.

How much material will it take to make the new box with no overlaps?

Ella and Jake love to skateboard. They created a frame for the ramp and then covered it with wood.

How much wood did it take to cover the ramp, including the bottom?

Give an exact answer (do not round).

Jordan built her cat Tuna a new scratching post. She needs to cover the post with carpet.

How much carpet does Jordan need to cover the surface of the post, including the bottom?

Akira receives a prize at a science fair for having the most informative project. Her trophy is in the shape of a square pyramid and is covered in shiny gold foil.

How much gold foil did it take to cover the trophy, including the bottom?

At an ice carving competition, each carver starts with a block of ice with the dimensions shown. The block is wrapped in a special reflective material to keep it from melting before the competition starts.

How much reflective material is needed to cover the block completely, without any overlaps?

Give an exact answer (do not round).