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Year 11

2D and 3D shape: surface area and volume (pyramids, spheres and cones)

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  • Geometry and Measure

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In this unit, pupils will further develop their understanding of shapes by considering the surface area and volume of pyramids, spheres and cones.

This unit continues work on area and volume from the Year 10, introducing more complicated shapes including pyramids, spheres and cones.

  1. Checking and securing understanding of nets of solids
  2. Checking and securing understanding of volume of prisms
  3. Checking and securing understanding of surface area of cuboids
  4. Checking and securing understanding of surface area of other prisms
  5. Checking and securing understanding of volume of a cylinder
  6. Checking and securing understanding of surface area of a cylinder
  7. The surface area of a pyramid
  8. The volume of a pyramid
  9. The surface area of a sphere
  10. The volume of a sphere
  11. The surface area of a cone
  12. The volume of a cone
  13. Surface area of composite solids
  14. Volume of composite solids
  15. Volume of a frustum of a cone
  16. Surface area of a frustum of a cone
  17. Forming equations involving complex shape calculations
  18. Advanced problem solving with further surface area and volume
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