CHAPT

ER 6
CURVED SURFACE SOLIDS

6.1 Part of a Cylinder and a Cone

6.1.1 Part of a Cylinder

Figure 6.1 shows a

cylinder. A cylinder consists
of a face at the bottom, known
as the base, a face at the top,
known as the top, and a curved
face, known as the lateral
surface.
The top and the bottom of a
cylinder are two congruent
circle.

Figure 6.1
 6.1.2 Part of a Cone

Figure 6.2 shows a cone. A cone

consists of a circular side on the
bottom and a curved side known as
the lateral surface.

Figure 6.2

6.2 The Nets a Cylinder and Cone

6.2.1 The Net of a Cylinder

Figure above is a cylinder with r as the radius of its base and t as its
height. The cylinder is cut off at the top, at the bottom and alongside. Then we
find the cylinder in the form of the two-dimensional form in figure above.
You would be looking at a rectangle that is as tall as the cylinder and as
long as the circumference of its top (or bottom).
The net of a cylinder consists of two congruent circle and a rectangle.
The length of the rectangle = the circumference of the base.
The width of the rectangle = the height of the cylinder.
Remember that the area of a circle is π r 2 and its circumference is 2 πr .
6.2.2 The Net of a Cone

Figure 6.3
Figure 6.3(i) shows a cone where r is the radius of the base and t is the height
of the cone. TQ is the slant height.
Using the Pythagorean theorem, TQ 2=t 2+ r 2∨TQ= √ t 2+ r 2.
The cone Figure 6.3 (i) is cut along the slant height TQ and then uncurled and
flattened such that the figure as shown in Figure 6.3 (ii) is obtained. It is the net
of the cone.
The net of a cone consists of a circle and a circular sector constructed from the
lateral surface of the cone.
The length of the arc = the circumference of the cone’s base.
Example 1:
1. Look at the figure on the right.
a. What is the diameter of the base?
b. What is the height of the cylinder?
c. Find the dimensions of the lateral surface?
Solution :

a. Diameter of cone’s base ¿ 2 ×7=14 cm

b. Height of the cylinder ¿ 18 cm
c. Dimensions of the lateral surface :
Length ¿ 2 πr
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¿2× ×7
7
Width ¿ height of the cylinder
¿ 18 cm

2. The height of the cone is 8 cm and the radius of the base is 6 cm .

a. Find the length of the slant height.
b. Find the length of the arc of the lateral surface.

Solution :

a. s is the slant height.

By using the Pythagorean theorem:
2 2 2
s =r +t
2 2
¿ 6 +8
¿ 36+64
¿ 100
s=10
Thus, the slant height ¿ 10 cm
b. The length of the arc of the lateral surface
¿ the circumference of cone’s base
¿ 2 πr
¿ 2 ×3 , 14 ×6
¿ 37 , 68 cm
Thus, the slant height ¿ 37 , 68 cm

Exercise 1:
1. Look at the figure of the cylinder below.

Name the line which is:

a. The radius of the base.
b. The diameter of the base.
c. The height of the cylinder.
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2. A cylinder has height of 10 cm and a base with radius of 14 cm . Taking π ≈
7
, find:
a. The length of the lateral surface.
b. The width of the lateral surface.
3. Look at the figure of the cone below.

Name the line which is:

a. The radius of the base.
b. The diameter of the base.
c. The height of the cone.
d. The slant height of the cone.
4. A cone has a base with a radius of 2 cm . Its slant height is 10 cm . Draw the
net of the cone.

6.3 Surface Area: Cylinder, Cone, Sphere

6.3.1 Surface Area of Cylinder
Finding surface area:
Exercise 2:
6.3.2 Surface Area of Cone
a. The base of the cone should be a circle. Explain why the
circumference of the base is 5 π .
b. Find the radius of the base.
c. What is the area of the original circle?
d. What is the area of the circle with one part missing?
e. Describe the surface area of the cone. Use your description to find the
surface area, including the base.
 The distance from the vertex of a cone to any point on the edge of its base
is called the slant height of the cone.
Exercise 3:
6.3.2 Surface Area of a Sphere

EXPLORATION 1

You will end up with two “fi gure 8” pieces of material, as shown above.
From the amount of material it takes to cover the ball, what would you estimate
the surface area S of the ball to be? Express your answer in terms of the radius r of
the ball.

Use the Internet or some other resource to confi rm that the formula you
wrote for the surface area of a sphere is correct.
Finding surface area of Sphere:
 sphere is the set of all points in space equidistant from a given point. This
point is called the center of the sphere. A radius of a sphere is a segment from the
center to a point on the sphere. A chord of a sphere is a segment whose
endpoints are on the sphere. A diameter of a sphere is a chord that contains the
center.

As with circles, the terms radius and diameter also represent distances, and the
diameter is twice the radius.
If a plane intersects a sphere, then the intersection is either a single point or a
circle. If the plane contains the center of the
sphere, then the intersection is a great circle
of the sphere. The circumference of a great
circle is the circumference of the sphere.
Every great circle of a sphere separates the
sphere into two congruent halves called
hemispheres.

To understand the formula for the surface area of a sphere, think of a baseball.
The surface area of a baseball is sewn from two congruent shapes, each of which
resembles two joined circles.So, the entire
covering of the baseball consists of four
circles, each with radius r. The area A of a
circle with radius r is A = πr2. So the area of
the covering can be approximated by 4πr2.
This is the formula for the surface area of a
sphere.
Exercise 4:
1. Find the total surface area of a sphere with a radius of:
a. 14 cm
b. 5 cm
2. Find the total surface area of these balls, taking π ≈ 3 ,14 !
a.

22 cm

b.
24 cm

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3. Taking π ≈ , find the radius of a sphere that has a total surface area of
7
2
616 m .
4. Find the total surface area of hemisphere having a diameter of 20 cm ,taking
π ≈ 3 ,14 !
5. The earth is almost spherical with a radius of 6.400 km . If 30 % of the Earth’s
land, rounded to the nearest km2 .

6.4 Volume of a Cylinder, a Cone, and a Sphere

6.4.1 Volume of a Cylinder
Exercise 4:
6.4.2 Volume of a Cone
Exercise 5:
6.4.2 Volume of a Sphere
 Finding Volumes of Spheres
The fi gure shows a hemisphere and a cylinder with a cone removed. A plane
parallel to their bases intersects the solids z units above their bases.

Using the AA Similarity Theorem, you can show that the radius of the cross
section of the cone at height z is z. The area of the cross section formed by the
plane is π (r 2− z2 ) for both solids. Because the solids have the same height and the
same cross-sectional area at every level, they have the same volume by Cavalieri’s
Principle.
Exercise 6: