Worksheets

Volume and Surface Area of a Pyramid and Cone

1. The Pyramid - Volume and Surface Area

(a) Volume of a pyramid

square-based pyramid triangular-based pyramid

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Volume of a pyramid = base area  height
3

(b) Surface area of pyramid

The total surface area of a pyramid is found by finding the total surface area of each
face and them out.

A square-based pyramid has 5 faces: a square and 4 triangles

A rectangular-based pyramid has 5 faces: a rectangle and 4 triangles

A triangular-based pyramid has 4 faces, all triangles

Worksheet 1 - Volume and Surface Area of a Pyramid

1. Find the volume of each solid:

(a) A right pyramid has a square base of side 7 cm and its height is 5 cm.
(b) The height of a tetrahedron (triangular pyramid) is 6 cm and its base is a
triangle of area 24 cm2.

Q
2. The edges PQ, PR, and PS of this triangular pyramid
are perpendicular to each other.
Find the volume of this triangular pyramid. 10 cm

8 cm
P
R
10 cm

3. Find the total surface area of this right square-based pyramid.

13 cm

10 cm
10 cm

4. The edges AB, BC and BD of this triangular pyramid D

are perpendicular to each other.
AB = 3 cm, BC = 4 cm and BD = 4 cm.
Work out the total surface area of this pyramid.
4 cm

4 cm
B C

3 cm

A
2. The Cone - Volume and Surface Area

Note: h = height of a cone

l = slant height
l
r = base radius h

r
(a) Volume of a cone
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Volume of a cylinder = 3 base area  height
1
Volume of a cylinder =  r2  h
3

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Volume of a cone = r2 h
3

(b) Surface area of a cone

Surface area of a cone = curved surface area + base (circle)

= rl + r2

Curved Surface Area of a cone = rl

Total Surface area of a cone = rl + r2

Worksheet 2 - The Cone - Volume and surface area

1. Find the volume and curved surface area of each or these cones:

(a) height = 12 cm, radius = 9 cm, slant height = 15 cm

(b) height = 27 cm, radius = 12.5 cm l
h
(c) height = 0.40 m, slant height = 0.50 m
(d) slant height = 8.3 cm, radius = 2.0 cm
r
(e) diameter = 9.6 m, height = 21.5 m

2. The cone below has height = 8 cm and base radius = 6cm.

Work out: l
8 cm
(a) the volume of the cone
(b) the total surface area of the cone 6 cm

3. The volume of a cone is 400 cm3. The height is 10 cm.

Work out:
(a) the radius l
10 cm
(b) the curved surface area.

6.2 cm
3. Volume of a frustum

A frustum of a cone or pyramid is formed by cutting the top of a cone or pyramid.

Volume of a Frustum (of a cone) = Volume of large Cone  Volume of small cone

Volume of a Frustum (of a pyramid) = Volume of large pyramid  Volume of small pyramid

Worksheet 3 – Volume of a Frustum

1. A solid cone is 16 cm high and its base radius is 10 cm.

The top part of the cone, which is 8 cm high and has a base radius of 5 cm, is cut off.
Find the volume of the frustum.

2. Work out the volume of this frustum.

8 cm 15 cm

10 cm

12 cm
Worksheet 4 – Finding missing lengths

1. A cone of volume 20 000 cm3 has a height of 30 cm.

(a) Find the radius of the cone to 2 d.p.
(b) Find the curved surface area of the cone to the nearest cm2.

2. A cone of volume 5000 cm3 has radius 8 cm.

(a) Find the height of the cone.
(b) Calculate the slant height.
(c) Find the curved surface area of the cone.