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Free Sphere Calculator

Volume and surface area of a sphere.

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Volume

523.599

Surface area314.159
Great circle circumference31.416

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Volume and surface area of a sphere.

What is the Sphere Calculator?

Volume and surface area of a sphere.

How does the Sphere Calculator work?

Enter the inputs above and read the result.

Formula

V = (4/3)πr³, SA = 4πr²

Variables

  • rRadius

Explanation

A sphere's volume and surface area both scale with powers of the radius.

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            Related concepts

            The Sphere Calculator sits inside the Math Calculators hub, in the geometry & shapes cluster. Length, area, volume and angle in two and three dimensions. Understanding the terms below makes the output easier to interpret and easier to compare against neighbouring measures.

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            Understanding Sphere

            Volume and surface area of a sphere. Within math calculators, sphere belongs to the geometry & shapes cluster, where it shares terminology and assumptions with closely related tools.

            Learning how sphere is calculated

            A sphere's volume and surface area both scale with powers of the radius. Working through the variables one at a time — r — makes the result reproducible by hand and easier to sanity-check.

            Using sphere to make a decision

            Because outputs depend on the assumptions you enter, run more than one scenario before committing to a figure.

            How sphere compares with related measures

            area, perimeter, volume, surface area all describe adjacent aspects of geometry & shapes. Comparing this calculator's output against those measures — using the related tools listed on this page — prevents a single metric from being read in isolation.

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