Lesson 1
1. Lesson 1
1.8. Explore 4
Module 6: Surface Area
Self-Check 2
- A wooden window box is constructed from three rectangular pieces of wood and two identical trapezoidal end pieces. What surface area needs to be painted if you only paint the outside of the box?
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Draw a net of the planter. Then, determine the surface area of the outside of the planter. Answer


It is now time to add new math terms, definitions, examples, and notes to your Mathematics 20-3: Glossary Terms document. Complete the missing pieces of the document, and save it to your desktop. Note that some terms, definitions, examples, and notes have already been provided in the document.
In this lesson the new term you will add is
- surface area

At this time, you may want to add the two-dimensional area formulas provided in Launch and the cylinder surface area formula used in Try This 2 to your Formula Sheet. You will be referring to these formulas throughout Module 6.