Equations to calculate volume and area for common objects
Object
Volume / Area
Sphere
Sphere

Image
Image
r - radius

Rectangular Prism / Rectangular Parallelepiped
Rectangular Prism / Rectangular Parallelepiped
Image
Image
L - length
H - height
W - width
Cube / Regular Hexahedron
Cube / Regular Hexahedron
Image
Image
L - length
Right Circular Cone
Right Circular Cone
Image
Lateral Surface Area
Lateral Surface Area

Total Surface Area
Total Surface Area

h - height
r - base radius
s - slant height
Right Circular Cylinder
Right Circular Cylinder
Image
Lateral surface area
Lateral surface area

Total Surface Area
Total Surface Area

h - height
r - base radius
Pyramid
Pyramid
Pyramid
Pyramid
Image
Lateral surface area
Lateral surface area

Total surface area
Total surface area

B - base area
h - height of the pyramid
P - perimeter of the base
S - slant height
Regular Tetrahedron
Regular Tetrahedron
Image
Image
a - length of an edge
Regular Octahedron
Regular Octahedron
Image
Image
a - length of an edge
Regular Dodecahedron
Regular Dodecahedron
Image
Image
a - length of an edge
Regular Icosahedron
Regular Icosahedron
Image
Image
a - length of an edge
Partially Filled Lying Down Cylinder
Partially Filled Lying Down Cylinder
Image
R - radius
h - partially filled height
l - length
Barrel
Barrel
Image
r - radius
h - height
Ellipsoid
Ellipsoid

Image
Image
a - major axis
b - minor axis
c - vertical axis
where p = 1.6075
Torus
Torus
Image
Image
r - radius
R - distance from the center of the tube to the center of the torus
 
 
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