Statistics and Volume · Data and Measurement

Volume of Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres

Learning and applying the formulas for the volumes of curved three dimensional solids.

Key Questions

  1. 1How is the volume of a cone related to the volume of a cylinder with the same base and height?
  2. 2Why do volume formulas for curved shapes always involve the constant pi?
  3. 3How does doubling the radius of a sphere affect its total volume compared to doubling its height?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.8.G.C.9
Grade: 8th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Statistics and Volume
Period: Data and Measurement

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