Lateral Area of a Prism

Pronunciation: /ˈlæt.ər.əl ˈæɹ.i.ə ʌv ɑː ˈpɹɪz.əm/ Explain

The lateral area of a prism is the area of the sides of the prism, excluding the base.

Click on the blue points and drag them to change the figure. The lateral area of a prism is the surface area of the sides, excluding the base.

Manipulative 1 - Lateral Area of a Prism Created with GeoGebra.

References

1. McAdams, David E.. All Math Words Dictionary, lateral area. 2nd Classroom edition 20150108-4799968. pg 105. Life is a Story Problem LLC. January 8, 2015. Buy the book

More Information

• McAdams, David E.. Prism. allmathwords.org. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. 8/31/2018. https://www.allmathwords.org/en/p/prism.html.

Cite this article as:

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

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• 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.)