Plans and elevations worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A solid cylinder is lying on its curved side on a table, with its circular ends facing left and right. What shape is its plan view, looking down from above?

2.A shop stacks tins in a display block. The front elevation of the block is 4 tins wide and 3 tins high. The side elevation shows the block is 2 tins deep. Every position in the block is filled. How many tins are used in total?

3.A shop stacks identical storage crates in a display. The diagram shows the plan of the floor positions used, with one corner position marked. Every floor position is filled with crates stacked 3 high, except the marked corner position, which is left completely empty. Work out how many crates are used in total.

4.The diagram shows a solid made from two cuboids joined together. Which shape is the front elevation of this solid?

5.The diagram shows the plan, front elevation and side elevation of a solid. Which of these solids matches all three views?

6.A cuboid measures 5 cm long (left to right), 3 cm deep (front to back) and 2 cm tall. Its front elevation is 5 cm wide by 2 cm high. Its side elevation is 3 cm wide by 2 cm high. What are the dimensions of its plan view, looking down from above?

7.A solid is built from centimetre cubes standing on a table. Seen from the front, the left-hand column is 2 cubes high, the middle column is 2 cubes high and the right-hand column is 1 cube high. Work out how many squares make up the front elevation.

8.A solid has a plan view that is a circle, and a front elevation that is a triangle. Which solid is this?

9.The diagram shows a solid built from identical cubes. How many squares are in its plan view, the view looking straight down from above?

10.A builder lays a low wall made from identical bricks. The diagram shows the plan of the wall's footprint on a grid, where each square is one brick. The wall is built up to a height of 4 bricks everywhere. Work out the total number of bricks used.

11.The diagram shows a prism resting on a table. Which shape is its front elevation, the view looking at it from directly in front?

12.A warehouse stores identical cube-shaped crates. Its plan view is a 2 by 4 rectangle of crate positions, and every position is filled to a height of 3 crates, except one corner position, which has only 2 crates stacked on it because a delivery was incomplete. How many crates are there in total?

13.A garden shed is shaped like a triangular prism: two identical vertical triangular end walls (the gable ends), joined by a sloping rectangular roof and a vertical rectangular back wall. Looking at the shed from directly above (the plan view), what shape is seen?

14.The diagram shows the plan, front elevation and side elevation of a solid. Which solid could this be?

15.The diagram shows a solid resting on its side on a table. Work out which shape is its plan view, the view looking straight down from above.