GCSE · Perimeter, area & volume

Surface area of prisms, cylinders, cones & spheresExam-style questions

Surface area as the area of the unfolded net — counting a prism's faces without missing any, why a cylinder's curved surface is 2πrh, cones and the slant height, spheres, and the hemisphere trap.

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17 questions · GCSE (Higher) level · mark scheme and worked solution on each · no sign-up to try

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  1. 1
    A cuboid measures 22 cm by 33 cm by 44 cm. Work out its total surface area.
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