Composite 3D Figures
Recall / Warm-Up
What is the volume of a cylinder with radius 5 cm and height 8 cm? Leave your answer in terms of .
What is the lateral surface area of a cylinder with radius 3 cm and height 10 cm?
What is the volume of a hemisphere with radius 6 cm? Express your answer in terms of .
Fluency Practice
A solid is formed by placing a cone (radius 5 m, height 4 m) on top of a cylinder (radius 5 m, height 12 m). What is the total volume? Express your answer in terms of .
A hemisphere of radius 4 cm is placed on top of a cylinder of radius 4 cm and height 10 cm. What is the total volume?
A rectangular prism is 12 cm long, 8 cm wide, and 8 cm tall. A cylindrical hole with radius 2 cm is drilled through the entire 12 cm length. What is the remaining volume in cubic centimeters? Round to the nearest whole number.
A hemisphere of radius 4 cm sits on top of a cylinder of radius 4 cm and height 10 cm. What is the total exterior surface area?
A cone with radius 3 cm and slant height 5 cm sits on top of a cylinder with radius 3 cm and height 7 cm. What is the total exterior surface area? Express your answer in terms of .
Varied Practice
A rectangular block has a hemispherical scoop removed from one face. Which describes this composite figure?
A cone sits on top of a cylinder. Both have radius 3 cm. The cylinder has height 7 cm and the cone has height 4 cm. Decompose and find the total volume.
Cylinder volume: ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ cm³.
Cone volume: ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ cm³.
Total volume: ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ cm³.
A cone is placed on top of a cylinder, both with the same radius. Which surfaces are part of the exterior surface area?
A cylindrical tank (radius 3 m, height 8 m) has hemispherical caps on both ends. What is the total volume? Express your answer in terms of .
A hemisphere with radius 3 cm sits on top of a cylinder with radius 3 cm and height 7 cm. What is the total exterior surface area?
Word Problems / Application
A grain silo has a cylindrical body with radius 4 m and height 10 m, topped with a conical roof with the same radius and a height of 3 m.
What is the total volume of the silo? Express your answer in terms of .
A storage tank consists of a cylinder with radius 3 m and height 8 m, with a hemisphere attached to each end.
What is the total volume of the tank? Express your answer in terms of .
What is the total exterior surface area of the tank? Express your answer in terms of .
Error Analysis
Priya solved this problem:
"A hemisphere of radius 5 cm sits on top of a cylinder of radius 5 cm and height 8 cm. Find the total exterior surface area."
Priya's work:
- Cylinder total SA:
- Hemisphere total SA:
- Total: cm²
What error did Priya make, and what is the correct surface area?
Marcus solved this problem:
"A hemisphere of radius 6 cm sits on top of a cylinder of radius 6 cm and height 5 cm. Find the total volume."
Marcus's work:
- Cylinder:
- Hemisphere:
- Total: cm³
What error did Marcus make, and what is the correct volume?
Challenge / Extension
A trophy is made of three parts stacked vertically: a cylinder (radius 4 cm, height 6 cm) on the bottom, a cone (radius 4 cm, height 9 cm) in the middle, and a hemisphere (radius 4 cm) on top. What is the total volume? Express your answer in terms of .
Explain why computing the volume of a composite figure does not require any contact-area adjustment, while computing the surface area does.