Lateral Surface Area

Pronunciation: /ˈlæt.ər.əl ˈsɜr.fɪs ˈæɹ.i.ə/ Explain

The lateral surface area of a geometric solid is the surface area of the sides not including the bases(top or bottom).

Click on the check boxes to highlight different parts of the cube. For this cube, what faces are not part of the lateral surface? Manipulative 1 - Lateral Surface Created with GeoGebra.

References

1. McAdams, David E.. All Math Words Dictionary, lateral surface area. 2nd Classroom edition 20150108-4799968. pg 106. Life is a Story Problem LLC. January 8, 2015. Buy the book

More Information

• McAdams, David E.. Polygon. allmathwords.org. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. 8/31/2018. https://www.allmathwords.org/en/p/polygon.html.
• McAdams, David E.. Lateral Surface. allmathwords.org. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. 8/31/2018. https://www.allmathwords.org/en/l/lateralsurface.html.

Cite this article as:

McAdams, David E. Lateral Surface Area. 12/21/2018. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. https://www.allmathwords.org/en/l/lateralarea.html.

Image Credits

• All images and manipulatives are by David McAdams unless otherwise stated. All images by David McAdams are Copyright © Life is a Story Problem LLC and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Revision History

12/21/2018: Reviewed and corrected IPA pronunication. (McAdams, David E.)
8/31/2018: Removed broken links, updated license, implemented new markup, implemented new Geogebra protocol. (McAdams, David E.)
8/7/2018: Initial version. (McAdams, David E.)