Year 10
Core

Surface area problems

Link copied to clipboard

Year 10
Core

Surface area problems

Link copied to clipboard

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will use our knowledge of the surface area of a cylinder to solve a variety of worded and diagram-based problems.

Licence

This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

Loading...

3 Questions

Q1.
Calculate the surface area of the cylinder. Give your answer in terms of π
An image in a quiz
(25π + 45) cm²
(50π + 45) cm²
115π cm²
Correct answer: 140π cm²
Q2.
Calculate the surface area of the cylinder. Give your answer to 1 decimal place
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: 1074.4 cm²
1583.4 cm²
2601.2 cm²
820.0 cm²
Q3.
Calculate the surface area of the half cylinder. Give your answer to 1 decimal place
An image in a quiz
113.1 cm²
Correct answer: 194.2 cm²
226.2 cm²
282.2 cm²

3 Questions

Q1.
Work out the radius of the cylinders given that the curved surface area is 518.6 metres squared. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
An image in a quiz
2.0 m
3.5 m
Correct answer: 4.1 m
8.2 m
Q2.
Work out the curved surface area of the half cylinder. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
An image in a quiz
164.9 millimetres squared
288.9 millimetres squared
41.2 millimetres squared
Correct answer: 82.5 millimetres squared
Q3.
The cube and cylinder have the same surface area. Find the height of the cube to 1 decimal place.
An image in a quiz
3.2 cm
62.8 cm
7.2 cm
Correct answer: 7.9 cm