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What is Volume?

July 18, 2023 | by Bloom Code Studio

The amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies is called volume. Two-dimensional doesn’t have volume but has area only. For example, the Volume of the Circle cannot be found, though the Volume of the sphere can be. It is so because a sphere is a three-dimensional shape.

Surface Area and Volume Formulas

Below given is the table for calculating Surface area and Volume for the basic geometrical figures:

NamePerimeterTotal Surface AreaCurved Surface Area/Lateral Surface AreaVolume
Square4bb2—-—-
Rectangle2(w+h)w.h—-—-
Parallelogram2(a+b)b.h—-—-
Trapezoida+b+c+d1/2(a+b).h—-—-
Circle2 π rπ r2—-—-
Ellipse2π√(a2 + b2)/2      π a.b—-—-
Trianglea+b+c1/2 * b * h—-—-
Cuboid4(l+b+h)2(lb+bh+hl)2h(l+b)l * b * h
Cube6a 6a24a2a3
Cylinder—-2 π r(r+h)2πrhπ r2 h
Cone—-π r(r+l)π r l1/3π r2 h
Sphere—-4 π r24π r24/3π r3
Hemisphere—-3 π r22 π r22/3π r3 

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