Wize High School Geometry Textbook (Common Core) > 3D Measurements

Surface Area & Volume of 3D Figures (coming soon)

Combined Figures

Joey is working on building a small storage shed. It will be made up of base in the shape of a cube, and a roof in the shape of a right pyramid. The base has lengths of 9 feet, and the roof has a slant height of 5 feet.

a) What is the volume of the shed?

b) What is the surface area?

Combined Figures

Storage tanks for natural gas are in the shape of a cylinder with two half spheres on each end. The length of the cylinder part is 2.3 meters, and the radius of each half sphere is 0.8 meters.


a) What is the volume of the storage tank?

b) What is the surface area?

Combined Figures

While getting an ice cream cone, Sarah notices that it is roughly in the shape of a right cone, with a half sphere on top. The height of the cone is 4.5 inches, and the diameter of the half sphere is 1.2 inches.

a) What is the volume of the figure?

b) What is the surface area?