Volume and surface area · Year 11

In Year 11 you learn: similar solids.

Volume is how much space a solid takes up, measured in cubic units; surface area is the total area of all its faces. For any prism (including cuboids and cylinders) the volume is the area of the cross-section times the length.

Key facts

  • 1 litre = 1,000 cm³, and 1 cm³ holds 1 ml.

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