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Finding the volume and surface area of a cylinder
This resource describes how the formulas for the surface area and volume of a cylinder are derived, shows a worked example and sets a couple of problems for students to work through. (Note: imperial units of measurement are used in examples and should be adapted for students.)
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 9
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Measurement
- Topic
- Area, volume and surface area
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M9M01
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding units of measurement (P9)
- Publisher
- Lumen Learning
- Copyright
- © Lumen Learning. Creative Commons BY 4.0.
- Keywords
- volume circumference pi (Ï€) radius diameter circle nets
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