IGCSE Maths / Circles, cylinders, cones and spheres

Volume of a cylinder

Edexcel International GCSE Maths (4MA1), chapter 12: Circles, cylinders, cones and spheres, specification point 4.10e-f. Part of the full course.

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A cylinder is a prism with a circular cross-section, so its volume is the area of the circle multiplied by the height. Knowing the circle area rule and using the radius correctly helps you avoid common errors.

More lessons in Circles, cylinders, cones and spheres

• Circumference of a circle
• Area of a circle
• Semicircles: perimeter and area
• Compound area with circles
• Arc length of a sector
• Area of a sector
• Perimeter of a sector
• Reverse sector problems
• Reverse circle problems
• Surface area of a cylinder
• Leaving an answer in terms of pi
• Volume of a cone
• Surface area of a cone
• Volume of a sphere
• Surface area of a sphere
• Hemispheres and compound solids
• Frustums and truncated cones
• Reverse volume and surface area problems