Grade 10 Applied (MFM2P) · Measurement and Trigonometry

Surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders

Find the volume or total surface area of a rectangular prism or a cylinder. Unlimited questions, five difficulty levels, and a full worked solution every time — free.

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A toy chest measures 22 cm by 26 cm by 18 cm. What is its volume?

V = l · w · h

Answer: 10296

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A shipping box measures 33 cm by 23 cm by 16 cm. What is its total surface area?

SA = 2(lw + lh + wh)
📘 Worked solution
1lw = 759, lh = 528, wh = 368Find the area of each of the three different faces.
2SA = 2(759 + 528 + 368)Each face has a matching opposite face, so double the sum of the three areas.
3SA = 3310 cm2That's the total surface area of a shipping box.

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