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Exploring 3D Shapes

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Exploring 3D Shapes

Choose answers, complete the sentences and draw shapes. You may tick more than one answer when asked.

Meet the 3D Shapes

1.Which 3D shape has six square faces, like a toy building block?
  • Sphere
  • Cube
  • Cylinder
2.Which 3D shape is round all over, like a small ball?
  • Cube
  • Cylinder
  • Sphere
3.A drinking tin has two flat circular ends and one curved surface. Which shape is it?
  • Cylinder
  • Sphere
  • Cube
4.Tick every shape that could roll across the floor: cube, sphere, cylinder.

Look at Shape Features

5.Complete each sentence: A cube has flat faces. A sphere has a surface. A cylinder can on its curved side.
6.Match each shape to an object with the same shape.
  • Cube
  • Sphere
  • Cylinder
  • Marble
  • Dice
  • Tin of baked beans
7.Which 3D shape would make the steadiest stack of blocks? Tell why.
8.What is a face on a 3D shape?
  • A flat surface
  • A curved surface
  • A corner

Shape Creator

9.Draw a 3D shape you like. Add its name.
10.Write the name of a 3D shape you like and one reason you chose it.

3 printable pages

  • Exploring 3D Shapes, page 1 of 3: Meet the 3D Shapes, Look at Shape Features

    Page 1

  • Exploring 3D Shapes, page 2 of 3: Shape Creator

    Page 2

  • Exploring 3D Shapes, page 3 of 3: 10. Write the name of a 3D shape you like and one reason you chose it.

    Page 3

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