LESSON: Surface Area and Volume of Cylinders

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Vocab/Object

Objectives

  • Identify surface area of cylinders as the sum of the areas of faces using nets.
  • Find surface area of cylinders using formulas.
  • Identify volume of cylinders as the sum of volumes of layers of unit cubes.
  • Find volumes of cylinders using formulas.

Vocabulary

Volume
the amount of space inside a three-dimensional figure.
Surface Area
the entire outer covering or surface of a three-dimensional figure. It is calculated by the sum of the areas of each of the faces and bases of a solid.
Cylinder
a three-dimensional figure with two congruent parallel circular bases and a curved flat surface connecting the bases.
Radius
the measure of the distance halfway across a circle.
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