Christmas Math Volume and Surface Area of Prisms 7th Grade Math. This is a fun Christmas math activity. The questions involve calculations with 3D shapes.

Measurements are in inches.

Click here to see this resource in centimetres.

There are 12 printable no-prep worksheets with a total of 48 questions.

All answers are included.

✎ Contents:

This resource includes:

• Worksheet 1 – 4 questions to find the volume of cube-shaped gifts.
• Worksheet 2 – 4 questions to find the length of ribbon required for cube-shaped gifts.
• Worksheet 3 – 4 questions to find the surface area of cube-shaped gifts.
• Worksheet 4 – 4 questions to find the volume of rectangular prism shaped gifts.
• Worksheet 5 – 4 questions to find the length of ribbon required for rectangular prism shaped gifts.
• Worksheet 6 – 4 questions to find the surface area of rectangular prism shaped gifts.
• Worksheet 7 – 4 questions to find the volume of triangular prism shaped gifts.
• Worksheet 8 – 4 questions to find the length of ribbon required for triangular prism shaped gifts.
• Worksheet 9 – 4 questions to find the surface area of triangular prism shaped gifts.
• Worksheet 10 – 4 questions to find the volume of cylinder-shaped gifts, in terms of pi and to 2 decimal places.
• Worksheet 11 – 4 questions to find the length of ribbon required for cylinder -shaped gifts.
• Worksheet 12 – 4 questions to find the surface area of cylinder -shaped gifts, in terms of pi and to 2 decimal places.
• Teachers notes.
• All answers.

✦ Objectives:

Students are asked to calculate:

• the volume and surface area of various Christmas gifts.
• the length of ribbon required to tie around each gift.

The gifts come in the following 3D shapes:

Cubes, rectangular prisms, triangular prisms and cylinders.

Students will learn to:

• find areas of squares, rectangles, triangles and circles.
• find volumes of 3D shapes.
• find surface areas of 3D shapes.
• find the distance around a 3D shape.
• use circle area and circumference formulas.
• round answers to 2 decimal places.
• use Pi.
• write answers in terms of Pi.

✽ Directions:

Print out a set of worksheets for each student.

Alternatively, laminate one set of worksheets for students to share.

Or display for your class on a smartboard.

The worksheets can be printed in color or black and white.

✦ Notes:

All answers are included, so you can easily mark students work.

These questions should take at least an hour for students to complete.

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