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Lesson 10 of 11

8 min

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Eight ideas, eight checks. The table comes first.

Eight solids, and how their skin and their filling answer different questions
IdeaHow it goes
Skin by netSix faces, added: 2 × (lb + bh + hl).
Filling in cubesl × b × h counts unit cubes.
Two growth storiesEvery edge × k: skin × k², filling × k³.
A tin unrolledThe label is 2πr long. Volume is πr²h.
The conel = √(r² + h²). Volume is ⅓πr²h.
Round solidsSphere: 4πr² and 4/3 πr³.
The pyramidVolume ⅓ × base × h. Walls use the slant.
Job picks measureCovers wants cm². Fills wants cm³. A rope wants cm.

A closed box is 10 cm by 8 cm by 4 cm. What paper covers it?

  • 320 cm², from 10 × 8 × 4
  • 22 cm², from 10 + 8 + 4
  • 304 cm²

A cube has edge 5. A second cube has edge 10. Compare their volumes.

  • The big cube holds eight times as much
  • The big cube holds twice as much
  • They hold the same

A tin has radius 7 cm and height 10 cm. What area does its curved side cover?

  • 154 cm², one end
  • 440 cm²
  • 1540 cm², the volume

A cone has radius 6 cm and height 8 cm. What is its slant height?

  • 10 cm
  • 8 cm, the height
  • 14 cm, from 6 + 8

A cylinder holds 90 cm³. A cone has the same base and the same height. What does the cone hold?

  • 270 cm³
  • 45 cm³
  • 30 cm³

A sphere of radius 21 cm is cut through its centre. What is each half's total surface?

  • 2772 cm², half of 5544
  • 4158 cm²
  • 5544 cm²

A square pyramid is 4 m high. Its base has side 6 m. How much canvas do the walls need?

  • 48 m², from 4 × 12
  • 96 m²
  • 60 m²

A drum gets a coat of paint. Later it is filled with oil. What answers does that need?

  • A surface answer and a volume answer
  • Two volume answers, one for each job
  • One surface answer, from the paint

The Class 9 syllabus also covers surface area and volume. Its two questions are what covers a solid, and what fills it.

Next: Statistics. This track measured solids in space. That track turns a heap of numbers into one honest summary.

Reveal every answer to finish this lesson.