Tap every situation that needs SURFACE AREA
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Items
- Text
- Painting the outside of a box
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Wrapping a gift
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Tiling the walls of a tank
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Filling a tank with water
- Matches the category
- No
- Text
- Finding how much sand a crate holds
- Matches the category
- No
- Category
- Needs SURFACE AREA
- Items
- Text
- Filling a tank with water
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- How much a crate holds
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Painting a wall
- Matches the category
- No
- Text
- Wrapping a parcel
- Matches the category
- No
- Category
- Needs VOLUME
Explanation
Covering, wrapping and painting are area problems
filling is a volume problem. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 9 Mensuration.