Surface Area of a Square Pyramid Calculator

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Choose which pair of measurements you have. Vertical height is the straight-line distance from base to apex; slant height is the distance from the midpoint of a base edge up to the apex along a triangular face.
The length of one side of the square base.
cm
The perpendicular distance from the centre of the base to the apex.
cm
Total surface area
96cm²

Base area plus all four triangular face areas

Lateral surface area60cm²
Base area36cm²
Face area (one triangle)15cm²
Slant height (s)5cm
Vertical height (h)4cm

Total surface area: 96.0000 square units

  • The four triangular faces account for 63% of the total surface area; the square base makes up the remaining 37%.
  • Each of the four identical triangular faces has an area of 15.0000 square units.
  • The base area is 36.0000 square units and the lateral surface area is 60.0000 square units.

Next stepTo find the volume of this pyramid, use V = (1/3) x a² x h, where h is the vertical height.

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