GCE (OL) Area

The extend covered by a surface is it’s surface area.

♦ Area of a rectangle is Length × Width. Area = l × w = lw

♦ Area of a square is Length squared. Area = l × l = l2

♦ Area of a parallelogram is Base × Height.

( Height is the perpendicular length to the base )
Area = l × h = lh

♦ Area of a trapezium is 1/2 ( Sum of parallel sides) ×Height.

Area = (a+b) h/2

♦ Area of a triangle =

b
h h

b
Area = b × h /2 = bh/2

♦ Area of a circle = π radius squared.

Area = πr2
r
♦ Area of a sector =(Area of the circle × angle)/360

Area = (πr2 θ)/360

♦ Area of a curved surface of a cylinder = 2π × radius × height

Area =

Exercise 1
(1) The figure shows a parallelogram with adjacent
sides of 8cm and 16cm. One interior angle is 600. Construct cm
8
four equilateral triangles inside the parallelogram such that 600
completely they cover the parallelogram as well as they touch 16cm
each other without leaving any space between them. The
triangles cannot overlap.

Construct a tetrahedron using this net and thus show that total surface area of the tetrahedron
is 64√3. P.M.Perera (B.Sc, M.Sc, AIMIS)
 (2) The base of a pyramid is a square with a side 12cm. Other four sides are isosceles triangles
of height 18cm. Find the surface area of the pyramid.

(3) A water tank with the roof is shown in the figure. The

m
tank is a cube of side 10m and the roof is constructed with four

13
isosceles triangles with 13m long edges.
Find
i. Area of the roof
ii. Surface area of the tank (the tank itself is not closed).
10m
iii. Cost of painting the roof, if the cost per square meter is Rs. 500.00.

(4) Two square based pyramids of base 10cm long are made by using 8 isosceles triangles.
The equal sides of a triangle is 13cm long. An octahedron is made by placing these two pyramids
to completely overlap square sides. Find the surface area of the octahedron.
cm
80
(5) The glass fish tank shown in the figure is made by
pasting four isosceles triangles and cutting the pyramid obtained

25
parallel to the square side, then pasting a square glass bottom.

cm
The length of a side of squares at top and bottom are 80cm
and 40 cm respectively. Each slant edge is 25cm long. 40cm

i) By drawing a suitable diagram show that the area of a side is 900cm2.

ii) Find the amount of glass needed for the tank.
iii) Find the cost of glass needed for the tank, if 1m2 of glass is Rs.1000,00 assuming that
no glass is wasted in building the tank.( Note 1m2 = 100X100cm2)

Surface Area of Solids

Surface Area of Right Circular Cone

The curved surface area = πrl ( l is the slant height)

Surface area of a Sphere

The surface area of a sphere of radius r is 4πr2

Exercise 2
Use π = 22/7 or π = 3.14 as appropriate.

(1) Surface area of a right circular cone is 220 cm2. If the radius of the base is 5 cm, what is
its curved surface area and the slant height?

(2) The surface area of a sphere is 77 cm2. Find its radius.

P.M.Perera (B.Sc, M.Sc, AIMIS)

 (3) The top shown is made by joining a right circular
cone, with a diameter of the base 28cm, and slant height
30cm to a hemisphere with a diameter 28cm. Find

28 c
(a) The curved surface area of the cone.

m
(b) The curved surface area of the hemisphere.
(c) The total surface area.
30cm

(4) The toy shown is made by joining a right circular

cone, with a diameter of the base 70cm, and height 84cm to a 84cm
cylinder with a diameter of the base 70cm, and height 66cm
to a hemisphere with a diameter 70cm.
Find
66cm
(a) The curved surface area of the cone.
(b) The curved surface area of the cylinder.
(c) The curved surface area of the hemisphere.
(d) The total surface area. 70cm
(5)
(a) Find the surface area of a circle with radius 21cm.
(b) The circle is cut in to three equal sectors.
What is the area of one sector?
What is the arc length of one sector?
(c) A right circular cone is made using one sector. Find the radius of its base.

(6) A dome which is opened at he bottom is made according

to the dimensions given,
(a) Find it’s total surface area.
2m
(b) If 2.5m2 could be painted by one litre of paint.
Find the amount of paint needed to paint the dome
to closest litre.

1m
Memorise
♦ Arera of a circle with radius r =
♦ Area of a sector with a subtended angle θ in the centre =
♦ Surface area of a sphere with the radius r =
♦ Curved surface area of a cylinder with radius r and height h =
♦ Curved surface area of a cone with radius r and slant height l =

Examination Questions
(1) The diagram shows a flower bed in a garden. It is made C
from a circle with radius 7m. The shaded area is not included
in the flower bed. AB is a straight line and AOB is a right
O
angle.
(a) Find the perimeter of the flower bed.
(b) Find the area of the flower bed taking √2=1.4. A B

P.M.Perera (B.Sc, M.Sc, AIMIS)

(2) A hole is made in the right circular log as shown in the 42cm
figure. The exterior diameter of the log is 42cm and the
interior diameter of the log is 14cm. The height of the log
is 50cm.
Find the area of 50cm
(a) interior curved surface
(b) exterior curved surface
(c) cross section 14cm
of the log.

(3) An arched window is made by fixing a semicircular plank

to a rectangular portion of width 42cm and height 80cm as
shown in the diagram.
Find

80cm
(a) the total height including the arch.
(b) area of semicircular portion.
(c) total area of the window.
(d) perimeter of the window.
42cm

(4) The length of a rectangular room is 3m. The floor of it to be tiled with rectangular tiles of a
side 12cm.
(a) Find the number of tiles needed to cove the length of the room.
(b) Find the area of a tile.
(c) If 500 tiles are need to tile the room find the area of the room in square meters.

(5) A semicircular flower bed is on a rectangular plot as shown 16m

in the diagram. The shaded area is turfed.
(a) Find the length of barbed wire needed to fence around
the plot one strand. 12m
14m

(b) Find area of the flower bed.

(c) Fined the turfed area.

(6) The radius of a solid right circular cylinder is r and the height is 2r.
(a) Write down the total surface area in terms of r and π and simplify it.
(b) If the cost of painting of the cylinder at the rate of one rupee per square unit is 24π rupees, find r.

(7)The area of a semi circle of radius x and the area of a quarter of a circle of radius (x + 2) are
equal.
(a) Construct a quadratic equation of x using above information.
(b) Solve the equation and find x correct to the first decimal place, by taking 2=1.4.

(8) A sketch of the floor of a pond being built in the town-centre

is is shown in the figure. It consists of a square of side 28m and a
sector of a circle with substended angle 900. Taking π = 22/7,
(a) Find the perimeter of the floor.
(b) Find the area of the floor.

P.M.Perera (B.Sc, M.Sc, AIMIS)