Chapter 12:

Surface Area and

Volume
12.1 Surface Areas of Prisms
12.2 Surface Areas of Pyramids
12.3 Surface Areas of Circular Solids
12.4 Volumes of Prisms and Cylinders
12.5 Volumes of Pyramids and Cones
12.6 Volumes of Spheres
Notes
 Targets Chapter 12 – Surface Areas and Volumes

# Target Examples/Notes
Find the surface area and
12A
volume of prisms

Find the surface area and

12B
volume of pyramids
Find the surface area and
volume of circular solids
12C
including cylinders, cones
and spheres
Use the area of a prism’s or
12D cylinder’s cross section to
find the solid’s volume
Solve problems involving
12E cross sections of pyramids
and cones
Notes
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Chapter 12 Formulas

1.) Lateral Surface Area: The sum of the area of the

lateral faces.

2.) Total Surface Area: The sum of the prism’s lateral

area and the areas of the two bases.

3.) Pyramid: A prism with only one base.

4.) Regular Prism: A pyramid with a regular polygon as

its base.

5.) Lateral Surface Area of a Cylinder: C h or 2πrh

Where C = circumference of the base, r = radius of the base, and h = the height of the
cylinder.

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6.) Lateral Surface Area of a Cone: C  or πr
2
Where C = circumference of the base, r = radius of the base, and = slant height of the
cone.

7.) Total Surface Area of a Sphere: 4πr2

Where r = radius of the sphere.

8.) Volume of Rectangular Box: lw h

Where l = length, w = width, and h = height
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9.) Volume of any Prism:  h
Where  = area of the base and h = height of the prism.

10.) Volume of a Cylinder:  h = πr2h

Where  = area of the base, r = radius of the base, and h = height of the prism.

11.) Volume of a Prism or a Cylinder: h

Where = area of a cross section and h = height of the prism or cylinder.

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12.) Volume of a Pyramid:  h
3
Where  =area of the base and h = height of pyramid.

13.) Volume of a Cone:

1
 h = 1 πr2h
3 3
Where  = area of the base, r = radius of the base, and h = height of the cone.

14.) Ratio of a Cross-Section and a Base of a

2
k
Pyramid or Cone: =  
 h
Where = area of the cross section,  = area of the base, k = distance from the vertex to
the cross section, and h = height of the pyramid or cone.

4 3
15.) Volume of a sphere: πr
3
Where r = radius of the sphere.
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Practice 12.1 and 12.2:
1. In the regular pyramid below, the slant-height is 4 cm and the pyramid is 7 cm
tall. Find the pyramid’s total area.
V

W X
T U
Z Y

2. Given the following prism with equilateral triangle bases, find the following:
a.) Area of the base

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b.) Lateral surface area
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c.) Total area

3. Find the lateral area of a right octagonal prism whose height is 6 and whose
perimeter of the base is 18.

4. Given: A pyramid with a square base, equilateral s as lateral faces, and edges
are 8 cm. Find surface area.
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Section 12.3
1. If the radius is 4, find surface area of the sphere.

2. If r = 3 and h = 11, find total area of the cylinder.

3. If h = 12 and r = 5, find total area of the cone.

4. Given the cone shown.

a. Find the lateral area.
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b. Find the total area.

5. Find the total area of a sphere that will fit exactly inside a cube of volume
2744 cm3. (The sphere touches all 6 sides of the cube.)
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5. Determine the total surface area of the hemisphere on top of the cylinder on top
of the cone.
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12

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12

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6. Find the total area of the frustum below.

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7. Find the total area of the frustum below.

60o
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Section 12.4 and 12.5

1.) If the height of the cylinder tube is 22 cm, find the total area (including the bases)
of the figure below. (Note: the two cylinders are concentric.)

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2.) Find the volume of the cylindrical tube above.

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3.) The area of the lower base in the rectangular pyramid is 432 cm2. If DC = 12 and
AB = 10, then find the area of rectangle CDEF.

E F
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D B
C

4.) Find the volume of the frustum above.

5. In the regular square pyramid, PA = 10 and slant height PE = 8. Find the lateral
area, surface area, and volume of the pyramid.
P
Lateral area = _______________

D A
Total area = _______________
E

C B

Volume = _______________
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Warm Ups to Quiz 12.2:

1.) The area of the base of the regular pyramid is 96 3 cm2. If the lateral
edge is 17 cm, then find the lateral area of the pyramid.

2.) Find the lateral area of a right octagonal prism whose height is 7 and whose
perimeter of the base is 11.
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Volume of Frustum

Given: The cone below.

Prove: The volume of the frustum of the cone =   x  a  ab  b 

1 2 2

b
x

a
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1.) Find the volume of the frustum below. The radii of the bases are 19 and 33.

50

2.) Find the volume of the frustum below. The radius of the smaller base is 20.

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60o
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PRACTICE PROBLEMS 12.6
1. Find the volume of a sphere with diameter 8.

2. The volume of a sphere is equal to its surface area. What is its diameter?

3. A cone is inserted in a hemisphere with diameter 12. Find the volume between
the two solids.

4. Find the reduced ratio of the volumes of two cubes whose surface areas are 8
and 18.

5. A segment of a grapefruit has a diameter of 12 and the flat faces form a 20o
angle. Assuming the grapefruit is a sphere, what is the volume of the segment?
20o

.
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Warm Ups to Quiz 12.5:

1.) Circle B is the base of the right circular cone. If the circumference is 36 and
 BOW = 30o, find the lateral area AND volume of the cone.
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B O

2.) If the base of the right circular cylinder shown has a circumference of 24 and
TB = 13, find the volume AND the surface area of the cylinder.

3.) A prism has a height of 11. The base is a rhombus with diagonals 4 and 9. Find
the volume of the prism.
Chapters 12 Review 12-13
1. Given: A triangular prism with equilateral  as base, side = 12, height = 10, find total area and
volume.

2. Find the surface area of the box. The top is open. Don’t forget the interior surfaces.

3. Given right square-based pyramid with a base edge of 6 and a slant height of 4.
a. Find the height of the pyramid.

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b. Find the total area of the pyramid.

c. Find the volume of the pyramid. 6

4. Find the exact volume of air that is inside the cylinder but outside the cone. The figures share a
base of radius of 5 and have the same height.
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12

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5. Find the lateral area of a regular square pyramid whose base has a perimeter of 120 and whose
altitude is 8.

6. Given: r = 7, Find total area and volume of the sphere.

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7. Find the volume of the figure if all edges measure 3 units.

8. Find the volume of the truncated cylinder. The base radius is 5. Heights are as marked.

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9. Find the volume of the right prism shown. (Take the left face as a representative cross section. )

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4
10

10. Find the area of the base, the volume, and the lateral area of the cylinder.
r=8

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11. What volume should be cut off the rectangular prism for a sphere with volume 972π to fit
exactly inside the new prism? (The sphere should touch all 6 sides of the new prism.)

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Chapters 6 Review 12-15
12. List four ways to determine a plane.

13. Always, Sometimes, Never: If a line is perpendicular to a line in a plane, then it is

perpendicular to all lines in the plane that pass through its foot.

14. Always, Sometimes, Never: If two lines do not intersect, then they are parallel.

15. Given: m || n, ABCD is coplanar. AD  BC, AD BC m

A B
A = (5x + 20) , B = (7x  20) , C = (3x)

a. What is the most descriptive name for ABCD?

n
D C
b. Solve for x.

c. Find the measure of D .

A
16. Given: BC and CD lie in plane m, ABC  ADC
ACB = (5x + 40) , BCD = (3x + 50) , ACD = (8x + 10)

Is AC perpendicular to plane m ? C D
B
m