IGCSE Maths / Circles, cylinders, cones and spheres

Volume of a sphere revision notes

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

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The volume of a sphere is found using its radius in the formula V = 4/3πr³. The key checks are to cube the radius, use the radius rather than the diameter, and give the answer in cubic units.

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