Sphere Formula

A circle is a closed figure that can be drawn using a constant length from a fixed-point center. A sphere is a three-dimensional circle. Circle and sphere both are round and measured using radius. Here we are going to calculate the surface area, the volume of a sphere by different sphere formula.

Sphere Formula

What is the Sphere?

A sphere is a three-dimensional counterpart of a circle, with all its points lying in space at a constant distance from the fixed point or the center, called the radius of the sphere. Radius of the sphere denoted as r.

The diameter of a sphere: The line passing through the center from one end to the other called the diameter of the sphere. The diameter of the sphere denoted as D.

Diameter = 2 times radius of the sphere

D = 2 × r

Circumference of a sphere: Circumference of a sphere is the distance covered around the sphere. The unit of the circumference is the same as the radius.

Circumference = $$2 \times \pi \times r$$

The surface area of a sphere: The surface area of a sphere is the number of square units that will exactly cover the surface of a sphere. The unit of the surface area of sphere is a square unit m²

The surface area of a sphere is

Surface Area of sphere = 4 times the area of a circle

Surface Area of sphere =$$4 \times \pi \times r^{2}$$

Where

 r the radius of the sphere

The volume of a sphere: Volume of sphere is the number of cubic units that fill a sphere. The unit of volume of the sphere is a cubic unit m³

The volume enclosed by a sphere is

Volume of sphere = $$\frac{4}{3}$$π r³

Where,

 r the radius of the sphere

The volume of spherical shell: A spherical shell is a region between two concentric spheres having different radii.

Volume of a spherical shell = $$\frac{4}{3}\pi R^{3} – \frac{4}{3}\pi r^{3}$$

V =$$\frac{4}{3}\pi (R^{3}-r^{3})$$

Where,

 R The outer radius of the sphere r The inner radius of the sphere

Solved Examples

Q 1: The radius of the sphere is 5 cm. Find the diameter, circumference, surface area and volume of a sphere?

Solution: Given, r = 5 cm

Diameter of a sphere = 2 × r
= 2 × 5

=10 cm

Circumference of a sphere = $$2\times \pi \times r$$
= $$2\times \pi \times 5$$
= 31.41 cm

Surface Area of sphere =$$4 \times \pi \times r^{2}$$

= $$4 \times \pi \times 5^{2}$$

= $$4 \times \times 3.14 \times 25$$

= 314.16 cm²

Volume of a sphere = $$\frac{4}{3}\pi r^{3}$$

= $$\frac{4}{3}\pi 5^{3}$$

= $$\frac{4}{3} \times 3.14 \times 125$$

= 523.60 cm³

Solution: Let the number of smaller ladoos that can be made from a bigger ladoo be x.

Here,

So, the volume of the big ladoo is equal to the volume of x small ladoos.

Volume of the big ladoo = Volume of the x small ladoos

$$\frac{4}{3}\pi R^{3}$$ = $$\frac{4}{3}\pi r^{3}$$

$$\frac{4}{3}\pi 10^{3}$$ = $$x\frac{4}{3}\pi 5^{3}$$

$$10^{3} = x 5^{3}$$

x = $$\frac{10^{3}}{5^{3}}$$

x = $$\frac{1000}{125}$$

x = 8

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KUCKOO B

I get a different answer for first example.
I got Q1 as 20.5
median 23 and
Q3 26

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Yashitha

Hi
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