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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: Middle School Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson offers an interesting, hands-on experience for middle school students studying cylinders. Students will create cylinders, and measure and compare their volumes.
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Calculator Soup: Triangular Prism Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This calculator finds the volume, surface area, and height of a triangular prism. Surface area calculations include top, bottom, lateral sides, and total surface area. Height is calculated from a known volume or lateral surface.
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Calculator Soup: Capsule Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the various properties of a capsule given any 2 known variables including radius r, side length a, surface area S, volume V and circumference C.
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Calculator Soup: Tube Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This calculator will calculate the various properties of a tube, also called a pipe or hollow cylinder, given 3 known values from variables of radii, circumference, wall thickness and height.
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Calculator Soup: Sphere Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the 3 unknown values of a sphere given any 1 known variable including radius r, surface area A, volume V and circumference C. It will also give the answers for volume, surface area, and circumference...
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Calculator Soup: Hemisphere Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the various properties of a hemisphere given any 1 known variable. It also calculates the variables in terms of PI.
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Calculator Soup: Conical Frustum Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the various properties of a conical frustum given the 2 radii and any 1 other known variable.
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Calculator Soup: Circular Cylinder Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the various properties of a cylinder given 2 known values. It will also calculate those properties in terms of PI.
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Calculator Soup: Cone Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the various properties of a right circular cone given any 2 known variables.