What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can find the volume made when a curve is rotated about the x-axis
- I can find the volume made when a curve is rotated about the y-axis
- I can find harder volumes of revolution, such as between two curves
- I can model real objects using volumes of revolution
Practise this topic
2 resources🧮 Tool
Formula Sheet
Make a printable formula sheet: tick the shapes you want (2D area, perimeter and arc length, volume, surface area, and sector, arc and segment in radians), the eight circle theorems with diagrams, the GCSE formulae sheet…
🧮 ToolShape Formulas
Animated visual proofs of the area, volume and surface area formulae: drag the bar (or press Play) to turn each shape step by step into one whose area or volume we already know, with a caption for each step and the formula built…
These are the pages for Volumes of revolution in the A Level Further Maths scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel A Level Further Mathematics (9FM0). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.