The base can be any shape: if it is a polygon the shape is called a pyramid. The cones you will see in exams will be circular based. The formulas for the volume and surface area of a cone will be ...

The Egyptians came nowhere near E=mc2, but they knew how to find the volume of a pyramid. The Greeks ... for “breadth,” “length,” “area,” and “volume.” Like the Pythagorean theorem, the quadratic ...

The formula for the volume and surface area of a sphere will be given to you in the exam, so you will not need to memorise these. \(\text{The volume of a sphere} ~=~ \frac {4}{3} \times \pi \times ...