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Worksheet
Surface Area of Cones
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Show your work for each problem.
- 1.What is the formula for the lateral (curved) surface area of a cone?
- a)
- b)
- c)
- d)
- 2.A cone has two surface parts. What are they?
- a)Top and bottom circles
- b)Two circular bases
- c)Circular base and curved lateral surface
- d)Rectangular base and lateral surface
- 3.A cone has radius cm and slant height cm. What is the lateral surface area? Give your answer in terms of (just the coefficient).
- 4.What is the slant height of a cone with radius and height ?
- 5.Which measurement runs along the surface of the cone from the base edge to the apex?
- a)Vertical height
- b)Diameter
- c)Slant height
- d)Radius
- 6.A cone has radius cm and slant height cm. What is the total surface area? Give your answer in terms of (just the coefficient).
- 7.A cone has radius cm and height cm. Find the total surface area in terms of .
- 8.A party hat (cone) sits on your head. To calculate the cardboard needed, which surface area formula should you use?
- a)Lateral area only:
- b)Double the lateral area:
- c)Total area:
- d)Base area only:
- 9.A cone has diameter cm and slant height cm. What is the lateral surface area? Give your answer in terms of (just the coefficient).
- 10.An ice cream cone has radius cm and height cm. Find the amount of wafer material needed (lateral area only). Round to one decimal place.
- 11.A traffic cone has a base diameter of cm and a height of cm. How much reflective material is needed to cover the entire cone? Give your answer in cm, rounded to the nearest whole number.
- 12.A cone has lateral surface area cm and radius cm. What is the slant height?
- 13.A conical funnel has slant height cm and lateral surface area cm. Find the height of the funnel.
- 14.If you double both the radius and slant height of a cone, the surface area is multiplied by:
- a)4
- b)8
- c)2
- d)16
- 15.A cone has total surface area cm. If the slant height is twice the radius, find the radius.