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Volume and Surface Area of a Cylinder

Starter
1. (Review of last lesson)
A pipe of radius 7 cm can have a maximum depth of 2 cm.
(a) Find the shaded area (cross-sectional area of water).
O
(b) What is the volume of water in a length of 30 cm of the pipe? 7 cm
Hint: Find the distance from O to the surface of the water.
2 cm

Notes
Volume of a cylinder
A cylinder is a prism with a circular cross-section. The volume of a prism is given by:

Volume of prism = Area of cross-section × Length

E.g. 1 Using the formula for the prism, write down the formula for the
volume of a cylinder whose radius is r and whose height is h. r
h
2
Working: Area of cross-section = πr
So V = π r 2 h

Volume of a cylinder, V = π r 2h
E.g. 2 Calculate the volume of a cylinder whose height is 10 cm and whose diameter is 12 cm.
Give your answer in terms of π.

E.g. 3 A gold cube of side 5 cm is melted down to form a cylinder whose height is 3 cm. Find the
cylinder’s radius.

Surface area of a cylinder

What shapes is the surface area of a cylinder made up of?
2 circles and a rectangle

E.g. 4 Using the diagram below, find a formula for the surface area of a cylinder.

r
h
= + +

Working: The length of the rectangle is equal to the circumference of the circle.
Surface area = Area of circle + Area of circle + Area of rectangle
= π r2 + π r2 + 2π r × h
= 2π r 2 + 2π rh

Surface area of cylinder, S A = 2π r 2 + 2π rh

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E.g. 5 Find the total surface area of a cylinder whose radius is 3 cm and whose height is 8 cm.
Give your answer in terms of π.

Working: Surface area = 2π r 2 + 2π rh

= 2π × 32 + 2π × 3 × 8
= 18π + 48π
= 66π cm2 (4 s.f.)

E.g. 6 A cylinder has total surface area of 110π. Find its height given that its radius is 5 cm.

E.g. 7 A label is to cover the curved surface of a baked beans tin. The tin has a diameter of
74 mm and a height of 115 mm. Given that the label will overlap by 1 cm, find the area of
the label in:
(a) mm2 (b) cm2.

Video: Volume of a cylinder

Video: Surface area of a cylinder

Solutions to Starter and E.g.s

Exercise
9-1 class textbook:
A*-G class textbook:
9-1 homework book:
A*-G homework book:
p438 M13.5 Qu 7-14
p393 M13.2 Qu 7-14
p150 M13.5/13.6 Qu 6-12
p110 M13.2 Qu 6-10

Summary
Volume of prism = Area of cross-section × Length
Volume of a cylinder, V = π r 2 h
Surface area of cylinder, S A = 2π r 2 + 2π rh

Homework book answers (only available during a lockdown)

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