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Backstage Wrap Plans

Draw nets and calculate surface area as a theater props crew plans coverings for miniature set pieces.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.G.A.4

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 6
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students draw and label nets for rectangular prisms and square pyramids.
  • Students use rectangular and triangular faces in nets to calculate surface area.
  • Students apply surface area to material choices for theater set models.

How to use

Have students label face areas before finding totals. Allow sketches that are not to scale, but check that shared edges match and the nets fold without overlap.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.G.A.4

Draw nets of rectangles and triangles for 3-D figures and use them to find surface area.

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Backstage Wrap Plans

Use nets to plan coverings for a theater props crew.

1. Platform Covers

The props crew is building miniature set pieces to plan a stage production. All dimensions are in inches. Ignore material thickness, overlap, and cutting waste unless a question says otherwise. Each grid square below is 1 inch by 1 inch.

RearTopLeftRightFrontBase
1.
The net folds into a closed rectangular platform. Find the total area of its six faces.

Surface area:   square inches

2.
The Top and Base panels will stay unwrapped. The crew wraps only the Front, Rear, Left, and Right panels with silver paper.

How much silver paper is needed?   square inches

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