Volume of a sphere
The question
Volume of a sphere, diameter 12 cm
How it works.
diameter: 12 cm
12 ÷ 2=6
6 × 6 × 6=216
× 3.14 ×216=904.32
904.32 cm³
- 01
The 12 cm marked here goes right across the sphere — that is the diameter. The formula needs the radius.
- 02
Half of 12 is 6, so r = 6 cm.
- 03
Cube the radius first. r³ means r × r × r, not r × 3: 6 × 6 × 6 = 216.
- 04
Then four-thirds of that, times π: 4/3 × 3.14 × 216 = 904.32.
- 05
So the volume is 904.32 cubic cm.