Skills · Geometry · Area & Volume

Volume and surface area of prisms

Printable practice with an answer key the engine computes, at three levels, in as many versions as you need.

Problem types

Sample Sheet · Level 1

  1. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 7 and 8, height 7787
    Find the volume.
  2. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 4 and 3, height 4434
    Find the volume.
  3. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 3 and 6, height 3363
    Find the volume.
  4. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 4 and 9, height 6496
    Find the volume.
  5. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 4 and 8, height 8488
    Find the volume.
  6. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 3 and 8, height 103810
    Find the volume.
  7. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 5 and 8, height 125812
    Find the volume.
  8. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 4 and 5, height 104510
    Find the volume.

Answer key

  1. 196 cubic units
  2. 24 cubic units
  3. 27 cubic units
  4. 108 cubic units
  5. 128 cubic units
  6. 120 cubic units
  7. 240 cubic units
  8. 100 cubic units

Sample Sheet · Level 3

  1. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 6 and 8 (hypotenuse 10), height 668610
    Find the surface area.
  2. A camping tent is a triangular prism. Its end is a right triangle with legs 8 feet and 7 feet, and the tent is 5 feet long. How many cubic feet of space does it hold?
  3. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 3 and 4 (hypotenuse 5), height 43445
    Find the surface area.
  4. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 6 and 5, height 106510
    Find the volume.
  5. a trapezoidal prism: a trapezoid with bases 10 and 7 and height 4, the prism's height 810748
    Find the volume.
  6. a triangular prism: a right triangle with legs 8 and 6, height ?86?
    The volume is 240. Find the height.
  7. A doorstop is a triangular prism. Its end is a right triangle with legs 3 inches and 6 inches, and the doorstop is 8 inches long. How many cubic inches of wood is that?
  8. a trapezoidal prism: a trapezoid with bases 12 and 8 and height 6, the prism's height 10128610
    Find the volume.

Answer key

  1. 192 square units
  2. 140 cubic feet
  3. 60 square units
  4. 150 cubic units
  5. 272 cubic units
  6. 10 units
  7. 72 cubic inches
  8. 600 cubic units

Make your own

Pick the count, the level and the version, and print it with work space and the key on its own page. The same skill also makes an I Do, We Do, You Do lesson, a Mosaic, a Decoder and more.

Make it in WingitAsk your AI assistant