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Properties of 3D shapes worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "properties of 3d shapes" — DfE statement G12. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
Properties of 3D shapes worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.How many edges does a cube have?
- 2.How many vertices does a square-based pyramid have?
- 3.A packaging designer is told a box has 6 faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices, and every face is a rectangle. To fit exactly onto a shelf, the designer needs to know whether the box must be a cube. Based only on this information, which solid must the box be?
- 4.How many vertices does a cuboid have?
- 5.A hexagonal prism lies on a table. A flat cut is made straight across it, at right angles to its length (so the cut is parallel to the two identical end faces). What shape is the cross-section?
- 6.A cuboid has three different edge lengths: a length, a width and a height, all different from each other. How many rectangles make up its net in total?
- 7.A triangular prism has two triangular end faces and three rectangular faces joining them. How many faces does it have in total?
- 8.A cone is cut by a flat plane parallel to its circular base, partway up between the base and the apex. What shape is the cross-section?
- 9.A solid has 6 faces: one pentagon and five triangles that all meet at a single point above the pentagon. What is the name of this solid?
- 10.A cylindrical drum and a cuboid box are being wrapped for a display. A shop assistant wraps only the flat faces of each item, not any curved surface. How many flat faces in total does the assistant wrap across both items?
- 11.A solid has one curved surface and two flat circular faces of equal size, one at each end. What is the name of this solid?
- 12.A solid has 4 triangular faces, 4 vertices and 6 edges. What is the name of this solid?
- 13.A solid has two parallel, congruent polygon faces joined by flat rectangles, and its cross-section is the same shape all the way along its length. Which solid is it?
- 14.A hexagonal prism has 8 faces and 12 vertices. Using F + V − E = 2, work out how many edges it has.
- 15.A square-based pyramid has a square base and four identical triangular sloping faces, with its apex directly above the centre of the base. How many planes of symmetry does it have?
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