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What is a Pyramid?
One base, triangular sides, and defined polygons are all parts of what make up a pyramid. Check out this video and see the instructor draw pictures of a variety of pyramids. She identifies the specific parts and gives them names based on...
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How Do You Find the Lateral and Surface Areas of a Regular Pyramid?
A regular pyramid has four equal triangular shaped sides and a square base. The lateral area is comprised of the area of the four triangular sides. The surface area is the area of the four triangular sides plus the area of the base....
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How Do You Find the Volume of a Composite Figure?
Trying to find the volume of a composite figure? Wait! What's a composite figure? A composite figure is a combination of familiar simpler figures. So the composite figure can be taken apart and represented as the simpler figures in order...
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Square Pyramid
Your geometry learners will appreciate this net for a square pyramid. Copy, cut, and manipulate to explore the surface area or volume of a square pyramid.
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Volume of Pyramids and Cones
Now it makes sense why pyramids and cones have one third the volume of prisms and cylinders. Pupils watch an educational video to learn about the formulas for the volume of pyramids and cones. They see several worked-out examples...
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Unit 10 Review: Surface Area and Volume
Marvel at the volume of knowledge one has gained on surface area and volume. Scholars first watch a video that reviews the surface area and volume of prisms, cylinders, cones, pyramids, and spheres. They then complete a worksheet of...
Flipped Math
Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones
Scratch more than just the surface when investigating surface area. The second video of six installments in the Geometry - Surface Area and Volume unit focuses on the surface area of pyramids and cones. Young mathematicians learn to...
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3-D Solid Properties
Let's move into the third dimension! Learners explore the vocabulary and notation related to three-dimensional figures. The video covers examples of pyramids, but the vocabulary is universal to all 3-D objects.
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How Do You Find the Lateral and Surface Areas of a Cone?
The lateral surface area of a cone. Hmmm, what does that mean? Oh, it means the part you see if the cone was sitting on a flat surface, so it does not include the base. But if you want to include the base then it would be finding the...
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How Do You Find the Lateral and Surface Areas of a Cone if You Don't Know the Slant Height?
Did you know you can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the slant height of a cone? You can! Just watch this tutorial and see how you can find the lateral and surface area of a given cone using slant height and the Pythagorean theorem.
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