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mathsMensuration : Length, Area, and VolumeMensuration: Three Dimensional Shapes

### Surface Area of Cube, Cuboid, Cylinder

In the topic "mensuration" focuses on learning

•  what is measurement standard?

•  Absolute and Derived Standards

In this page, Finding surface area of simple figures (cube, cuboid, and cylinder) are revised without much discussion.

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Which of the following is the measure of area?

• distance-span between two points
• surface-span within a closed shape
• surface-span within a closed shape
• space-span within a closed solid

The answer is "surface-span within a closed shape"

What is a "cube"?

• a 3D shape with 6 square faces
• a 3D shape with 6 square faces
• a 3D shape with 6 rectangular faces

The answer is "a 3D shape with 6 square faces"

What is the surface area of a cube of side a?

• 6 xx a^2
• 6 xx a^2
• 3 xx a^2

The answer is "6 xx a^2". The surface area equals the area of 6 square faces.

What is a "cuboid"?

• a 3D shape with 6 square faces
• a 3D shape with 6 rectangular faces
• a 3D shape with 6 rectangular faces

The answer is "a 3D shape with 6 rectangular faces"

What is the surface area of a cuboid of length l, breadth b, and height h?

• 6 xx a^2
• 2 xx (lb+bh+hl)
• 2 xx (lb+bh+hl)

The answer is "2 xx (lb+bh+hl)". The surface area equals the area of 6 rectangular faces.

What is the name of the solid shape in the figure?

• cylinder
• cylinder
• cube

Cylinder is a 3D shape that has circular cross-section uniformly along its axis.

When not mentioned, a cylinder is a right-cylinder with it axis at right-angle to the top and bottom faces. The other type is the oblique cylinder, in which the angle between the axis and the top (or bottom) face is not a right-angle. The right cylinder is shown in orange, and oblique cylinder is shown in blue.

What is the surface area of a cylinder of height h and radius r? Note: The cylinder consists of top and bottom circular-faces and a curved surface.

• sum of the areas of (2 circles on top and bottom) and the area of the curved surface
• 2 xx pi xx r^2 + 2 xx pi xx r xx h
• both the above
• both the above

The answer is "both the above". The formula is explained in the next page.

Cylinder of height h and radius r is shown in the figure.

The curved surface is visualized into a rectangle of length 2pi r and height h. The curved surface area of the cylinder equals the area of the rectangle.

Total surface area of the cylinder

=  area of the circle on top and bottom + area of the curved surface

= 2 xx pi xx r^2 + 2 xx pi xx r xx h

=2pi r (r+h)

Surface Area of Some Shapes: Surface Area of cube = 6q^2 Surface Area of cuboid = 2(lb+bh+hl) Curved Surface Area of Cylinder = 2pi r h Surface Area of cylinder =2pi r (r+h)

Solved Exercise Problem:

What is the surface area of a cuboid of length 2cm, breadth 3cm, and height 4cm?

• 52cm^2
• 52cm^2
• 26cm^2

The answer is "52cm^2"

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