How to Make an Equation Chart for Geometric Solids

Geometric solids play a significant part of everyday life. They help us decide if our books fit in our backpack or if the packages we've purchased fit in the car's trunk. Students use geometric solids to create cubes and complete other math projects. Charting equations for geometric solids provides an easy reference for remembering and computing these mathematical problems.

Instructions

1. Create a geometric solid equation chart using any graphics presentation program. Open a new document and add the title, "Equations of Geometric Solids."

2. Insert a table made up of four columns and eleven rows. Use the column borders to extend each column to a width of two inches. Highlight the row borders to increase the height of each row to measure one inch.

3. Title each column, "Shape," "Perimeter," "Area" and "Volume." Name each row "Square," "Rectangle," "Circle," "Triangle," "Right Triangle," "Cube," "Cuboid," "Sphere," "Cylinder" and "Cone Pyramid."

4. Choose the Clip Art icon from the drawing tool bar causing the Search Clip Art window to appear. Type in the names of each geometric shape you have named in the rows. Insert the appropriate diagram within each row title.

5. Add the equations for "Perimeter" in the first column for all ten geometric shapes. Insert the "Area" data in the second column for the first five shapes only. The last five shapes don't have area since they have volume. Next, insert equations for "Volume" in the third column for "Cube," "Cuboid," "Sphere," "Cylinder" and "Cone Pyramid."