University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Surface Area to Volume Ratio
Students will investigate the relationship between surface area and volume and their application to the inner workings of real life organisms.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 3: Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders
Use Glencoe's Math Course 3 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of how to find the surface area of prisms and cylinders. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders
Get independent practice finding the surface area of prisms and cylinders. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of finding the surface area of prisms and cylinders.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Prisms
What is a prism? Find a good definition and several example images, as well as formulas for finding the volume and surface area of a prism given measurements of its base and height.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Prism
This MathWorld site defines many different types of prisms. It gives the formulas for the volume and area of a prism the site has many illustrations [Requires Java.]
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: A Rectangular Prism
This question and answer site discusses whether it is possible to have a retangular prism that has a volume greater than its surface area.