Lesson 6

SURFACE AREA

Surface Area is important for many jobs :

Painters need to know how much paint is needed for a job.
Packaging company need to know how much paper is needed
to wrap gifts.
Engineers, Designers, Scientists, Builders, Carpet Layers
and others also use surface area as part of their work.
The net of a solid 𝜋𝑟 2
cylinder consists of 2
circles and one
rectangle. The curved 2𝜋 r
h
surface opens up to
form a rectangle. 𝜋𝑟 2

Surface area=2𝜋𝑟2 + 2𝜋𝑟ℎ

Volume =  r2 h
Curved Surface Area = 2rh

Surface Area = 2rh + 2r2

=
2r (r + h)
Given a cylinder with radius 14 cm and height 20 cm,
find in  form :
(a) curved surface area (CSA)
(b) surface area (SA)
(c) volume (V)

Given r = 14 cm h = 20 cm
14cm

(a) Curved surface area

20cm = 2rh
= 2 x  x 14 x 20
= 560 cm2
Given a cylinder with radius 14 cm and height 20 cm,
find in  form :
(a) curved surface area (CSA)
(b) surface area (SA)
(c) volume (V)
Given r = 14 cm h = 20
14cm cm
(b) Surface area
20cm
= 2r (r + h)
= 2 x  x 14 x (14 + 20)
= 28 x (24)
= 672 cm2
Given a cylinder with radius 14 cm and height 20 cm,
find in  form :
(a) curved surface area (CSA)
(b) surface area (SA)
(c) volume (V)

Given r = 14 cm h = 20
14cm
cm

20cm (c) Volume

= r2 h
=  x 14 x 14 x 20
= 3920 cm3
 Which cylinder has a bigger surface area and by 7 cm
how many times bigger?

14 cm B 14 cm
Surface Area (A) = 𝟐 𝝅 𝒓 ( 𝒉 + 𝒓)
A 7 cm
= 𝟐 𝝅 𝟏𝟒 [ 𝟕 +
𝟏𝟒]
= 𝟐 𝝅 𝟏𝟒 [𝟐𝟏] Cylinder A (SA) > Cylinder B (SA)
= 588𝝅 cm2 Cylinder A (SA) = 588
= 2 (294)
Surface Area (B) = 𝟐 𝝅 𝒓 ( 𝒉 + 𝒓 ) = 2 Cylinder B
(SA)
= 𝟐 𝝅 𝟕 [𝟏𝟒 +7]
Cylinder A has a bigger surface area.
= 𝟐 𝝅 𝟕 [𝟐𝟏]
Cylinder A surface area is twice the
= 294𝝅 cm2 surface area of Cylinder B.
Find the total surface
area, in  form, the 1 𝑨 = 𝝅( 𝟑) 𝟐 = 𝟗 𝝅
figure shown. 𝒄𝒎𝟐

2 𝑨 = 𝟐𝝅 𝟑 𝟑
1 = 𝟏𝟖𝝅
𝒄𝒎𝟐
2
3 3 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒍𝒖𝒔
= 𝝅 𝟒. 𝟓 + 𝟑 𝟒. 𝟓
𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂
4 −
= 𝟑𝟏𝟏. 𝟐 𝟓 𝝅
5 𝒄𝒎𝟐
4 𝑨 = 𝟐 𝝅 𝟒. 𝟓
𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑨 𝒓 𝒆𝒂 𝟐
= 𝟗 𝛑 + 𝟏 𝟖 𝛑 + 𝟏𝟏. = 𝟏𝟖𝝅 𝒄 𝒎 𝟐
𝟐𝟓𝝅 𝑨 = 𝝅( 𝟒. 𝟓) 𝟐
5
+𝟏 𝟖 𝝅 + 𝟐𝟎. 𝟐 𝟓 𝝅 = 𝟐𝟎. 𝟐 𝟓 𝝅
= 𝟕𝟔. 𝟓 𝝅 𝒄 𝒎 𝟐 𝒄𝒎𝟐
 r cm
Given the surface area of a cylinder
with height 8 cm is 40 cm2, find the SA = 40 8 cm
radius of the cylinder.

Given SA = 40 h = 8
𝟐 𝝅 𝒓 𝒉 = 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆
+𝒓 𝑨 =𝒓 𝒆 𝒂 𝒓−𝟐 =𝟎
𝟐𝝅𝒓 𝟖 𝟒 𝟎 𝝅 𝒐 𝒓 (𝒓 + 𝟏 𝟎 )
+ 𝒓 = 𝟐𝟎 =𝟎
𝒓 + 𝟖𝒓 = 𝟐 𝟎
𝟐
𝒓= 𝒐𝒓 𝒓 = −𝟏𝟎
𝒓𝟖 +𝒓
𝟐 (𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅)
𝒓 𝟐 + 𝟖𝒓 − 𝟐 𝟎 = 𝟎
(𝒓 − 𝟐 )( 𝒓 + 𝟏 𝟎 ) =  𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒔 = 𝟐
𝟎 𝒄𝒎
 r cm
Given the surface area of a cylinder
with height 6 cm is 54 cm2, find the SA = 54 6
cm
radius of the cylinder.

Given SA = 54 h = 6
𝟐 𝝅 𝒓 𝒉 = 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆
+𝒓 𝑨=𝒓 𝒆 𝒂
𝒓+𝟗 = 𝟎 𝒐𝒓 (𝒓 − 𝟑 )
𝟐𝝅𝒓 𝟔 𝟓 𝟒 𝝅
=𝟎
+ 𝒓 = 𝟐𝟕
𝒓 + 𝟔𝒓 = 𝟐 𝟕
𝟐
𝒓 = −𝟗 (𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅)
𝒓𝟔 +𝒓
𝒓=𝟑
𝒓 𝟐 + 𝟔𝒓 − 𝟐 𝟕
= 𝟎 (𝒓 + 𝟗 )( 𝒓  𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒔 = 𝟑 𝒄 𝒎
− 𝟑) = 𝟎
Given the curved surface area of a right cylinder is
4.4 m2. If the radius of the base of the cylinder is
0.7 m, find its height.

CSA = 4.4 m2
𝑺 𝑨 = 𝟐 𝝅 𝒓( 𝒉
+ 𝒓)
= 𝟐 × 𝟐 𝟐 × 𝟕 × (𝟏𝟒
𝟕
+ 𝟕)
= 𝟒𝟒 × 𝟐 𝟏 = 𝟗𝟐𝟒
𝒄𝒎𝟐

𝑺 𝑨 = 𝟐 𝝅 𝒓 ( 𝒉 + 𝒓)
= 𝟐 × 𝝅 × 𝟐 × (𝟓 + 𝟐 )
=𝟒×𝝅 × 𝟕 =
𝟐𝟖𝝅 𝒄 𝒎 𝟐
 𝟐𝝅𝒓 𝒉 =
+𝒓 𝑺𝑨
𝟐𝝅𝒓 𝟖 =
+𝒓 𝟏𝟖𝝅
𝒓 𝟖 +𝒓 =𝟗
𝒓 𝟐 + 𝟖𝒓 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
(𝒓 − 𝟏 )( 𝒓 + 𝟗) = 𝟎 Since radius   9
 radius = 1 cm
𝒓−𝟏 = 𝟎 𝒐𝒓 ( 𝒓 + 𝟗)
=𝟎

𝒓=𝟏 𝒐𝒓 𝒓 =
−𝟗
 𝟐𝝅𝒓 𝒉 =
+𝒓 𝑺𝑨
𝟐𝝅𝒓 𝟕 =
+𝒓 𝟑𝟔𝝅
𝒓 𝟕+𝒓
= 𝟏𝟖

𝒓 𝟐 + 𝟕𝒓 − 𝟏 𝟖 = 𝟎
(𝒓 − 𝟐 )( 𝒓 + 𝟗)
Since radius   9
=𝟎
𝒓 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝒐𝒓 ( 𝒓 + 𝟗)  radius = 2 cm
=𝟎

𝒓=𝟐 𝒐𝒓 𝒓 = −𝟗
 Find the surface area of the
figure shown. 14 cm
x
Given d =14 r = 7 L = 30

14 cm
+ 30 cm x

14 cm r
r
Surface Area = r2 + (14 +r) x L
22
22 7]×
= (7)2+[14 +
7 7
= 154 + [36] × 30
30
= 154 +1080
= 1234 cm2 C = 2r r
 Find the surface area of the 28 cm
hollow cylinder. 14 cm
Given D =28 R = 14
d = 14 r = 7 h =
50 annulus circle
Area of top & bottom
= 2 𝝅 ( 𝑹 + 𝒓 )( 𝑹 − 𝒓 ) 50 cm

= 2𝜋(14 + 7)(14 − 7)
= 2𝜋 × 21 7 = 294𝜋
Curved Surface Area
= 2𝜋𝑅ℎ + 2π𝑟ℎ
Surface Area = 294 + 2100
= 2𝜋ℎ(𝑅 + 𝑟)
= 2394
= 2𝜋(50)(14 + 7) 22
= 2394 x
= 2100𝜋 7
= 7524 cm2
 Work out the surface area of the figure. 14 cm

30 cm
Surface Area
7 cm
= Annulus
Circle Area+ Rectangle Area

11 cm 22 cm
𝝅 ( 𝑹 + 𝒓 )( 𝑹 − 𝒓 )
= 𝝅𝒓 =𝟐 𝟐 × = 𝟏𝟏
= 𝟐 𝟐 (𝟕 + 𝟑. 𝟓 )( 𝟕 − 𝟑. 𝟕𝐜 𝐦
𝟕
𝟓) = 𝝅 𝑹 =𝟐𝟕𝟐 ×𝟐𝟕 =
𝟕
= 𝟏𝟒𝟖. 𝟓 cm2 𝟐𝟐 𝐜 𝐦
Rectangle Area = (11 + 22 + 7) x 30 = 40 x 30 = 1200 cm2

 Surface Area = 148.5 + 1200 =

1348.5 cm2
 The cylinder has a surface area of 972 cm2. x
Find x.
5x
Given surface area = 972 cm2
radius = x
height = 5x

𝟐𝝅𝒓 𝒓 = 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆
+𝒉 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂
𝟐𝝅𝒙 𝒙 + =
𝟓𝒙 𝟗𝟕𝟐𝝅
𝟐𝒙 𝟔𝒙 = 𝟗𝟕𝟐
𝟏 𝟐𝒙 𝟐 = 𝟗 𝟕 𝟐
𝒙𝟐 = 𝟖 𝟏
𝒙 =

𝟖𝟏
𝒙 =
 3.5 cm x cm

7 cm

Surface Area cylinder Surface Area cube 𝟔 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟑 𝟏

= 𝟐 𝝅 𝒓( 𝒓 + 𝒉 ) = 𝟔 𝒍𝟐 𝒙 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟖. 𝟓
�
= 𝟔 𝒙𝟐 𝒙 = 𝟑𝟖.
= 𝟐 x 𝟐𝟕𝟐 ×� × (𝟑. 𝟓 +
𝟓
𝟕=) 𝟐2 ×𝟐 (𝟏𝟎 .
𝒙 = 𝟔. 𝟐
𝟓)
 Side length x = 6.2
= 𝟐𝟑𝟏 𝒄 𝒎 𝟐
cm
 TSA = 2r (r + h)
= 2 x  x 2 x (2 +
4)
= 4 x (6)
= 24 cm2


The diameter of a lawn mower roller is 84 cm and its length is 120
cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions to move once over to level a
playground. Find the area of the playground in m2 .
The diameter of a lawn mower roller is 84 cm and its length is 120
cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions to move once over to level a
playground. Find the area of the playground in m2 .

�
100 cm = 1 m 1 cm = �
𝟏�𝟎
� � 𝟎 �
1 cm =
2 × � 𝒎 𝟐
𝟏�
𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟎𝟎
Area of playground
 3000
𝟑𝟎𝟎
Area of cross-section = × 𝝅𝒓𝟐
𝟑𝟔
×𝟐 𝟎𝟓
= ×
𝝅 (�
�
𝟏 𝟐 ) 𝟐× 𝟐
�
= �× 𝝅 =
�
𝟏 𝟒�𝟒 𝟐𝟒𝟎𝝅
�
Curved Surface Area = [( �
�
× 𝟐 𝝅 𝒓 + 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟏 𝟐) ×
𝟐𝟎 ] �
= [( � × 𝟐 𝟒 𝝅 + 𝟐 𝟒 ) ×
𝟔
𝟐𝟎 ]
= [( 𝟐 𝟎 𝝅 + 𝟐 𝟒 ) × 𝟐 𝟎 ]
= 𝟒 𝟎 𝟎 𝝅 + 𝟒𝟖𝟎
Surface Area = 240 + 400 + 480 = (640 + 480)
cm2
1. Read up this topic in your
Mathematics Junior 3 (Book 1)
textbook pages 166 – 170.
2. Do the textbook Exercise 6.5
Q1,2,3,5,6,9,12 into your exercise
book.