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Unit 9 Section 4 : Surface Area and Volume of 3-D Shapes

Unit 9 Section 4 : Surface Area and Volume of 3D Shapes

In this section we calculate the volume and surface area of 3-D shapes such as cubes, cuboids, prisms and
cylinders.

Cube

Volume = x
Surface area = 6x

Cuboid

Volume = xyz
Surface area = 2xy + 2xz + 2yz

Cylinder

Volume = rh
Area of curved surface = 2rh
Area of each end = r
Total surface area = 2rh + 2r

Prism

A prism has a uniform cross-section

Volume = area of cross section length = A l

Example 1
(a) Calculate the volume of the cuboid shown.

(b) Calculate the surface area of the cuboid shown.

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Example 2
Calculate the volume and total surface area of the cylinder shown.

Example 3
Calculate the volume of this prism.

Exercises
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Question 1
Calculate the volume and surface area of each of the following cuboids:

(a)
Volume =

cm

Surface area =

cm

(b)
Volume =
Surface area =
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Question 2
Giving your answers correct to 3 significant figures, calculate the volume and total surface area of each of the
following cylinders:

(a)
Volume =

cm

Surface area =

cm

(b)
Volume =
Surface area =

cm
cm

Question 3
Calculate the volume of each of the following prisms:

(a)
cm

(b)
m
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Question 4
Calculate the volume and surface area of the following prism:

Volume =
Surface area =

m
m

Question 5
The diagram shows a wooden block that has had a hole drilled in it. The
diameter of the hole is 2 cm.
Calculate the volume of this solid, giving your answer correct to 2 decimal
places.

cm

Question 6
A concrete beam is to rest on two concrete pillars. The beam is a cuboid
with sides of length 0.5m, 3m and 0.4m. The pillars have diameter 0.4m
and height 2m. Calculate the total volume of concrete needed to make
the beam and the pillars. Round your answer to a sensible level of
accuracy.

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Question 7
The diagram shows the cross-section of a pipe of length 50 cm.
The inner diameter of the pipe is 20 cm and the outer diameter is 30 cm.

(a) Calculate the volume of metal needed to make the pipe. Round your answer to a sensible level of
accuracy.
cm
(b) Calculate the total surface area of the pipe, including the inside surface.
Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
cm

Question 8
The diagram shows a prism.
The cross-section of the prism consists of a rectangle and a semicircle.
(a) Calculate the volume of the prism. Give your answer to the
nearest cm.
cm
(b) Calculate the total surface area of the prism. Give your answer to the nearest cm.
cm

Question 9
The volume of the prism shown is 720 mm.

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(a) Determine the length of the prism.

mm
(b) Calculate the surface area of the prism.
mm

Question 10
A cylinder has a diameter of 12 cm and a curved surface area of 132 or 415 cm (to 3 significant figures).
(a) Determine the height of the cylinder.
cm
(b) Calculate the volume of the cylinder, giving your answer to the nearest cm.
cm

Question 11
(a) These cuboids are made from small cubes. Write how many small cubes there are in each cuboid. The
first is done for you.

(i)

12 small cubes

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(ii)

small cubes

(iii)

small cubes

(iv)

small cubes

(b) This shape is made with two cuboids. Write how many cubes there are in this shape.

cubes

Question 12
(a) What is the volume of this standard size box of salt?

cm

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(b) What is the volume of this special offer box of salt, which is 20% bigger?
cm

The standard size box contains enough salt to fill up 10 salt pots.

(c) How many salt pots may be filled up from the special offer box of salt?
pots

Question 13
(a) Look at this triangle.
Is x a right angle?
-

(b) What is the volume of this prism?

cm

(c) Prisms A and B have the same cross-sectional area.

Complete the table:

Prism A

Prism B

height

5 cm

3 cm

volume

200 cm

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Question 14
TJ's Cat Food is sold in tins shaped like this.
Each tin has an internal height of 5 cm.

(a) The area of the lid of the tin is 35 cm. Work out the volume of cat food that the tin contains.
cm
(b) The label that goes round the tin overlaps by 1 cm.

The area of the label is 134 cm. Work out the distance around the tin.
cm
TJ's Cat Food plans to use tins that are the shape of cylinders. The internal measurements of a tin are
shown.

(c) Work out the volume of cat food that the tin contains.
cm (to 3 significant figures)

You have now completed Unit 9 Section 4

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