MENSURATION OF SOLIDS
CONTENT
- Area of Solids: Total Surface Area of a Cube and Cuboid; Curved Surface Area of a Cylinder and Cone; Total Surface Area of a Cylinder and Cone
- Volume of Solids
- Relationship between Volume and Capacity
Mensuration of Solids
Example of solids are: cube, cuboid, sphere, cone, pyramid, etc. Length, breadth, and height are the three dimensions of solid objects.
Volume of Solids
The total space occupied by a solid is called its volume. Volume is measured in cubic units such as cubic millimetres (mm3), cubic centimetres (cm3), cubic metres (m3) etc.
Cube
Definition of a cube
A cube is an object which looks like solid box-shaped that has six identical square faces.
A cube has 6 equal and plane surfaces. All the faces of a cube are square in shape.
In a cube there are 6 plane surfaces. There are 8 vertices and 12 edges.
Two adjoining plane – surfaces meet at an edge.
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