● calculate the surface area of a sphere and a hemisphere
● calculate the volume of a sphere and a hemisphere
A tennis ball, a golf ball, a ball bearing and a bubble all have something in common. They are all in the shape of a sphere. A sphere is a three-dimensional shape in geometry.
A sphere is a perfectly round solid (or hollow) shape in which all points on its surface are the same distance from a fi xed point called the centre. The radius r is the distance from the centre to any point on the sphere.
Here are some everyday examples of spheres.
There are two formulae we use when dealing with spheres: Volume = 4
__ 3 × π × radius3
V = 4 __
3 πr3
Surface area = 4 × π × radius2 SA = 4πr2
The formulae for the volume and the surface area of a sphere appear in the formulae and tables booklet.
Hemisphere If we cut a sphere in half, the new shape is known as a hemisphere.
A hemisphere is half of a sphere. Volume of hemisphere = 1
__ 2 (volume of sphere) = 1
= 2 Curved surface area of hemisphere = 1 Radius
2πr2 πr2
__ 2 ( 4
__ 3 π( radius )3
__ 3 πr3
__ 2 (CSA of sphere) = 2πr2
Total surface area of solid hemisphere = curved surface area + top = 2πr2 = 3πr2