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Surface Areas and Volumes

📚 Concepts


📚 Surface Area

  • The total area that the surface of a 3D object occupies. It includes all outer faces.


📚 Curved Surface Area (CSA)

  • The area of only the curved part (excluding base or top). E.g., side of a cylinder.


📚 Total Surface Area (TSA)

  • Sum of all outer surfaces – includes curved and flat parts (base/top).


📚 Volume

  • The amount of space enclosed by a 3D object. Measured in cubic units (e.g., cm³, m³).


📚 Cube

  • A 3D solid with all edges equal and all faces as squares.


📚 Cuboid

  • Like a box – 6 rectangular faces, with possibly different length, breadth, and height.


📚 Cylinder

  • Has two equal circular bases and one curved surface joining them.


📚 Cone

  • Has a circular base and a curved surface that tapers to a point (vertex).


📚 Sphere

  • A perfectly round 3D object – like a ball – with no flat surfaces or edges.


📚 Hemisphere

  • Half of a sphere – has one curved surface and one circular base.


📚 Frustum of a Cone

  • A cone with its top portion cut off parallel to its base. Has two circular ends of different radii.


📚 Slant Height (𝑙)

  • Used in cones and frustums – the distance along the side from base to tip (or upper circle).


✍️ Formulas


🧊 Cube

  • Total Surface Area (TSA) = 6𝐚²

  • Volume (V) = 𝐚³


📦 Cuboid

  • Total Surface Area (TSA) = 2(𝐥𝐛 + 𝐛𝐡 + 𝐥𝐡)

  • Volume (V) = 𝐥 × 𝐛 × 𝐡


🥫 Cylinder

  • Curved Surface Area (CSA) = 2π𝐫𝐡

  • Total Surface Area (TSA) = 2π𝐫(𝐡 + 𝐫)

  • Volume (V) = π𝐫²𝐡


🍦 Cone

  • Curved Surface Area (CSA) = π𝐫𝐥

  • Total Surface Area (TSA) = π𝐫(𝐥 + 𝐫)

  • Volume (V) = (1/3)π𝐫²𝐡


Sphere

  • Total Surface Area (TSA) = 4π𝐫²

  • Volume (V) = (4/3)π𝐫³


🌗 Hemisphere

  • Curved Surface Area (CSA) = 2π𝐫²

  • Total Surface Area (TSA) = 3π𝐫²

  • Volume (V) = (2/3)π𝐫³


🔺 Frustum of a Cone

  • Curved Surface Area (CSA) = π(𝐫₁ + 𝐫₂)𝐥

  • Total Surface Area (TSA) = π(𝐫₁ + 𝐫₂)𝐥 + π𝐫₁² + π𝐫₂²

  • Volume (V) = (1/3)π𝐡(𝐫₁² + 𝐫₂² + 𝐫₁𝐫₂)

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