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3D Shapes Exploration Worksheet
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3D Shapes Exploration Worksheet
Explore faces, edges, vertices and nets. Remember: a face is a flat surface, an edge is where two faces meet, and a vertex is a corner. You may use the te reo Māori words mata (face), mata titi (edge) and pūtake (vertex).
Identify and compare
1.A small storage box has six square faces, all the same size. Which 3D shape is it?
- Cube
- Rectangular prism
- Cone
- Cylinder
2.Which of these shapes have a curved surface and can roll: a sphere, a cube, a cone and a cylinder? Name all that fit.
3.Match each 3D shape with the description of a net that could fold to make it.
- Cube
- Cylinder
- Square-based pyramid
- Triangular prism
- One square and four triangles
- Six equal squares joined edge to edge
- One rectangle and two equal circles
- Three rectangles and two triangles
4.A rectangular prism is 8 cm long, 4 cm wide and 3 cm high. How many faces, edges and vertices does it have?
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5.Imagine looking straight down at a cube. How many of its faces can you see, and what shape is the face you see?
6.A sphere has no flat faces, no edges and no vertices. Is this statement true or false?
7.Draw a net that will fold into a triangular pyramid (tetrahedron). Label its four triangular faces. How many faces, edges and vertices will the finished shape have?
8.Write a riddle describing a 3D shape using at least two clues about its faces, edges, vertices or curved surfaces. Do not name the shape. Then write the answer.
9.A cube and a cone are placed together so that one square face of the cube touches the cone's circular base. Name one feature each shape has that the other does not.
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