# High School Math : Spheres

## Example Questions

### Example Question #131 : Solid Geometry

The radius of a sphere is . What is the approximate volume of this sphere?

Explanation:

### Example Question #132 : Solid Geometry

A cube has a side dimension of 4. A sphere has a radius of 3. What is the volume of the two combined, if the cube is balanced on top of the sphere?

Explanation:

### Example Question #133 : Solid Geometry

What is the volume of a sphere with a diameter of 6 in?

Explanation:

The formula for the volume of a sphere is:

where  = radius.  The diameter is 6 in, so the radius will be 3 in.

### Example Question #134 : Solid Geometry

A solid hemisphere has a radius of length r. Let S be the number of square units, in terms of r, of the hemisphere's surface area. Let V be the number of cubic units, in terms of r, of the hemisphere's volume. What is the ratio of S to V?

Explanation:

First, let's find the surface area of the hemisphere. Because the hemisphere is basically a full sphere cut in half, we need to find half of the surface area of a full sphere. However, because the hemisphere also has a circular base, we must then add the area of the base.

(surface area of sphere) + (surface area of base)

The surface area of a sphere with radius r is equal to . The surface area of the base is just equal to the surface area of a circle, which is .

The volume of the hemisphere is going to be half of the volume of an entire sphere. The volume for a full sphere is .

(volume of sphere)

Ultimately, the question asks us to find the ratio of S to V. To do this, we can write S to V as a fraction.

In order to simplify this, let's multiply the numerator and denominator both by 3.

=

### Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Sphere

If the diameter of a sphere is , find the approximate volume of the sphere?

Explanation:

The volume of a sphere =

or

which is approximately

### Example Question #1 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere

What is the surface area of a sphere with a radius of 15?

Explanation:

To solve for the surface area of a sphere you must use the equation

First, plug in 15 for  and square it

Multiply by 4 and  to get

### Example Question #2 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere

What is the surface area of a sphere whise radius is .

Not enough information to solve

Explanation:

The surface area of a sphere is found by the formula  using the given radius of .

### Example Question #3 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere

Find the surface area of a sphere whose diameter is .

Explanation:

The surface area of a sphere is found by the formula . We need to first convert the given diameter of  to the sphere's radius.

Now, we can solve for surface area.

### Example Question #4 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere

To the nearest tenth of a square centimeter, give the surface area of a sphere with volume 1,000 cubic centimeters.

Explanation:

The volume of a sphere in terms of its radius  is

Substitute  and solve for :

Substitute for  in the formula for the surface area of a sphere:

### Example Question #5 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere

Find the surface area of a sphere with a radius of