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Net of a Cylinder
Last updated at February 26, 2026 by Teachoo
Class 8 (Ganita Prakash - 1, 2 & Old NCERT)
Chapter 4 Class 8 - Exploring Some Geometric Themes (Ganita Prakash II
- Fractals
- Sierpinski Carpet
- Sierpinski Gasket
- Figure it out - Page 72
- Koch Snowflake
- Fractals in Art
- Imagining Solids
- Solid Shapes
- Net of a Cube
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Net of other Figures
- Shortest Paths on a Cube
- Projections
- Top view, Front View, Side view
- Shadows as Projections
- Figure it out - Page 95-97
- Isometric Projections
- Drawing on Isometric Grids
- Figure it out - Page 100, 101
Transcript
Net of a CylinderIf the circular faces of a cylinder are unfolded, and if a cut is made along the height of the cylinder, as shown in the figure below, then we get If you cut the label off a soup can and unroll it, it forms a rectangle. One side of the rectangle is simply the height of the cylinder. The other side of the rectangle has to wrap exactly around the circle base. Therefore, the length of that side is the circumference of the circle (which is calculated as 2𝝅r). And, its animation looks like
