Surface area and volume
5.4What the syllabus asks of you
- Carry out calculations and solve problems involving the surface area and volume of a: ; cuboid ; prism ; cylinder ; sphere ; pyramid ; cone. Answers may be asked for in terms of π.
- curved surface area of a cylinder ; curved surface area of a cone ; surface area of a sphere ; volume of a prism ; volume of a pyramid ; volume of a cylinder ; volume of a cone ; volume of a sphere. The term prism refers to any solid with a uniform cross-section, e.g. a cylindrical sector. Mensuration (continued)
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Chapter 5: Surface area and volume
Drill this topic
All 36 questions on Surface area and volume, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
36 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.

