Three-Dimensional Solids: Worksheet
Three-Dimensional Solids: Worksheet
Worksheet
Three-dimensional solids
You can use this worksheet to complete Exercise 3.03.
Polyhedrons
1 Use the word list to complete the following paragraph. You can use words more than once. Look around
you to help you fill in the blanks.
edge flat hexahedron pentahedron prism pyramid rectangular vertex
Solids can have flat faces and curved faces. Solids that only have _______ faces are called polyhedrons.
Some of the common polyhedrons are the ________ prism, the triangular _______ and the square
_________. Polyhedrons have similar names to polygons. We call a solid with five faces a ____________.
A solid with six faces is called a ____________. When the faces of a polyhedron meet, they form an
____________. When three or more edges meet, they form a __________.
Solids with curved faces
2 Use the word list to complete the following paragraph. You can use words more than once. Look around
you to help you fill in the blanks.
circle cone curved flat rectangle sphere
Some solids are not polyhedrons because they have ________ faces. A solid that has only one curved face
is the _____________. The cylinder has two __________ faces and one ________ face. When we flatten the
curved face, it is a ________________.
A ___________ has one flat face and one curved face. When we flatten the curved section, it is a sector
of a __________.
3 Copy and complete the following table for the more common solids.
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bottom cross-section end pointed rectangle shape size square triangle
a ________________________
b ________________________
c ________________________
d ________________________
e ________________________
f ________________________
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