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Parts and circle facts

Parts and circle facts

Labelled cylinder showing radius, diameter, height, and the curved surface unwrapped into a rectangle of width 2πr and height h

A cylinder is a 3D solid with two equal, parallel circular faces and one curved surface. The key measurements are radius rrr, diameter ddd, and height hhh, with d=2rd = 2rd=2r.

Cylinders Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /Maths
  3. /Cylinders

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR GCSE Maths Cylinders for Foundation and Higher tier. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in the written papers format. Build fluency with number, ratio and algebra first, since geometry, probability and statistics topics rely on them, and leave extra time nearer the exam for Higher-tier problem-solving and multi-step reasoning questions.

Lessons

Compound Interest and DepreciationIndicesPrime Factors, HCF and LCMInequalitiesForming and Solving EquationsSequences (Nth Term)Expanding and FactorisingPythagorasAngles in Parallel LinesAngles in PolygonsSurface AreaVolume of a PrismCylindersBearingsPlans and ElevationsAverages from Frequency TablesProbabilityScatter Graphs