Given a problem involving composite figures made from prisms, pyramids, spheres, cones, and/or cylinders, the student will find the surface area and volume of the composite figure.

Students will investigate the relationship between surface area and volume and their application to the inner workings of real life organisms.

The University of Saskatchewan's Department of Mathematics and Statistics provides high school students with online tutorials and exercises on what they deem some of the most important topics in geometry: Triangles, and Circles and Other...

This page brings you to a table of contents of three-dimensional figures. Selecting a figure will bring you to a page defining and illustrating the figure with applicable formulas listed.

A complete reference guide to solid geometry. The mathematics resource provides definitions and interactive activities that enhance further explanation.

Explore the world of solid shapes in this mini-lesson. Provides a definition, interactive examples, and interesting practice questions that help with understanding.

Introduces the concept of 3D shapes by learning the definition, types, properties, and three dimensions. Check-out the solved examples for better understanding and try your hand at solving a few interactive questions at the end of the page.

Explore cross sections of different geometric solids: cone, double cone, cylinder, pyramid, and prism. Manipulate the cross section with slider bars, and see how the graphical representation changes.

Generate different "nets" for paper construction of common three-dimensional shapes: cube, cuboid, pyramid, cone, tetrahedron, cylinder, octahedron, rhombic prism, dodecahedron, pentagonal prism, and pentagonal prism.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn to classify solid figures. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn to classify solid figures by using faces, edges and vertices. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students classify different types of solid figures. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...

View and learn about five different polyhedra: tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron, hexahedron, and dodecahedron. Learn what Euler's Polyhedra Theorem is, and see examples of non-polyhedra as well.

This CoolMath resource provides an introduction to some Precalculus formulas.

This lesson defines the phrase slant height, and how it relates to pyramids and cones. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Slant Height."

This lesson will present how to apply the volume formulas of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, spheres, and hemispheres to find the volume of composite figures. It is 5 of 6 in the series titled "Volume of Composite Figures."

Students solve for the volume of three-dimensional figures such as cubes, prisms, and cylinders with these interactive flashcards.

This reference lists formulas for geometric shape measurements and offers links to online calculators.

Math World site offers the definition of frustum and links to view a frustum of a pyramid, cone, and sphere.

This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java. It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms and, at...

Identify architectural structures and objects in the community that represent different figures and types of geometry and mathematics.