SURFACE AREA AND

VOLUME FORMULAS
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Volume Unit conversion

1 cm3 1mL 1000 mm3

1 Litre 1000ml 1000 cm3

1 m3 106 cm3 1000 L

1 dm3 1000 cm3 1L

Surface Area and Volume of Cube and Cuboid

Cube Cuboid

Type Measurement

Surface Area of Cuboid of Length L, 2(LB + BH + LH).

Breadth B and Height H

Lateral surface area of the cuboids 2( L + B ) H

Diagonal of the cuboids
     

Volume of a cuboids LBH

Length of all 12 edges of the cuboids 4 (L+B+H).

Surface Area of Cube of side L 6L2

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Lateral surface area of the cube 4L2

Diagonal of the cube √3

Volume of a cube L3

Surface Area and Volume of Right circular cylinder

Radius The radius (r) of the circular base is called the radius of the
cylinder

Height The length of the axis of the cylinder is called the height (h) of the
cylinder

Lateral The curved surface joining the two base of a right circular cylinder is
Surface called Lateral Surface.

Type Measurement

Curved or lateral Surface Area of 2πrh

cylinder

Total surface area of cylinder 2πr (h+r)

Volume of Cylinder π r2h

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Surface Area and Volume of Right circular cone

Radius The radius (r) of the circular base is called the radius of the
cone

Height The length of the line segment joining the vertex to the center of
base is called the height (h) of the cone.

Slant The length of the segment joining the vertex to any point on the
Height circular edge of the base is called the slant height (L) of the cone.

Lateral The curved surface joining the base and uppermost point of a right
surface circular cone is called Lateral Surface
Area

Type Measurement

Curved or lateral Surface Area of πrL

cone

Total surface area of cone πr (L+r)

Volume of Cone  

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Surface Area and Volume of sphere and hemisphere

Sphere

Hemisphere

Sphere A sphere can also be considered as a solid obtained on

rotating a circle About its diameter

Hemisphere A plane through the centre of the sphere divides the sphere into two
equal parts, each of which is called a hemisphere

radius The radius of the circle by which it is formed

Spherical The difference of two solid concentric spheres is called a spherical

Shell shell

Lateral Total surface area of the sphere

Surface
Area for
Sphere

Lateral It is the curved surface area leaving the circular base

Surface
area of
Hemisphere

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Type Measurement

Surface area of Sphere 4πr2

4

Volume of Sphere 
3

Curved Surface area of hemisphere 2πr2

Total Surface area of hemisphere 3πr2

2

Volume of hemisphere 
3

4
Volume of the spherical shell whose 
 

3
outer and inner radii and ‘R’ and ‘r’
respectively

Surface Area and Volume of frustum of cone

h = vertical height of the frustum

l = slant height of the frustum
r1 and r2 are radii of the two bases (ends) of the frustum.

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Type Measurement

Volume of a frustum of a cone         

Slant height of frustum of a cone
     

Curved surface area of a frustum of a cone    

Total surface area of frustum of a cone          

Square Regular Pyramid

h = vertical height of the pyramid

l = slant height of the pyramid

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b = side of the square base

Type Measurement


Volume of a square pyramid


  
Slant height of square pyramid



1
4    2
Lateral surface area of a frustum of a cone
2

Total surface area of frustum of a cone 2   

Regular Triangular Pyramid

h = vertical height of the pyramid

l = slant height of the pyramid
p = perimeter of the base triangle

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Type Measurement

Volume of a square pyramid  ! "  #  $

1
$ %&'" $ 
Lateral surface area of a frustum of a cone
2

Total surface area of frustum of a cone  ! #  $ %&'" $ 


Tetrahedron

A tetrahedron is a special case of regular triangular pyramid where each face is an

equilateral triangle

Type Measurement

√
Volume of a tetrahedron

()

Total surface area of frustum of a cone √3 $ ()

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