Right Circular Cylinder

Use this worksheet to practice finding the volume and surface area of a right circular cylinder. Adjust the height and radius using the labeled sliders. Answer the questions below. Click the check boxes to find helpful hints and verify your answers.

1. Find the volume and surface area for 12 different right circular cylinders by randomly choosing different heights and radii.

2. Find the missing dimensions below. Round to the nearest unit.
a. Cylinder: volume is 450 unit³, diameter is 8.8 units, height ___ units

b. Cylinder: surface area is 216 unit², radius is 4.3 units, height ___ units

3. Gift Wrapping: Juliet is trying to wrap a can of mixed nuts that is a birthday gift for her brother. The can has a radius of 4.5 units and a height of 9.7 units. Approximately how many square units of wrapping paper will cover the gift?

L. Prisco & R. Valcin, 23 February 2014, Created with GeoGebra