SURFACE AREAFINDING THE SURFACE AREA OF REAL

LIFE OBJECTSGRADE 6

Danny Hunt3/16/2015

Finding Surface Area To find surface are you must first find the

area of each section of the object. For this lesson we are going to use a

cereal box Formula: Length X Width

http://www.mathplayground.com/area_perimeter.html This site will provide you with fun practice

Surface Area of a Real Life Object

You can use any cereal box. To find the surface area of a cereal box. They may be different sizes but you can still find the surface area.

Safety FirstSafely cut the cereal box on The edges of the box

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/cutting-skills-printablesThis site will help you practice your cutting skills with printable cutouts .

Have a Good EyeUse a ruler on the lines of the box to find the length and width of each section of the box. You can do this in any appropriate form of measurement (feet, inches centimeters, etc…). For the cereal box I thought that inches was most appropriate.

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/meas.cgi?A1=s&A2=0&A3=0Use this site to practice your measuring skills

Time For Some MathNext multiply the length and width of each section of the cut cereal box. Then put that number in a line and add each section together. After you add them together you will get the total surface area of your cereal box.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/adding-decimals.htmlNeed help with adding decimals? This site will give you helpful hints and tricks.

Sources http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/cutting-sk

ills-printables http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/meas.cgi

?A1=s&A2=0&A3=0 http://www.mathplayground.com/area_pe

rimeter.html http

://www.mathsisfun.com/adding-decimals.html

Sources (continued) Hunt, Danny “Cereal box photos”2015