____ ____ ____

‘ 04-32: Edges, Vertices, and Faces page 336

The faces
are the flat
surfaces. Faces
meet at
edges.

Candice builds a skeleton of a She covers the skeleton The dotted ilnes show the
rectangular prism using wire. with paper. hidden edges.

1 . Draw dotted lines to show the hidden edges.

2. Shade all of the edges (the first one is started for you).
Count the edges as you shade them.

a) b) c) d)

edges edges edges edges

f)
e)© h):

edges edges edges edges

3. Vertices are the points where the edges of a shape meet.

a) b) c) d)

tiL

vertices vertices vertices vertices

page 337
G4-32: Edges, Vertices, and Faces (continued)

4. Shade the

front face:
b)fl

back face:
f)

L:jJ
side faces:
j) k)
I)
[T’]
top and bottom faces:
m)_ O) p)

back face:
t)3
bottom face:
W)/
x)Z%Z:S

5. Shade the edges that would be hidden if the skeleton was covered in paper and placed on a table.

a) b) c) d)

BONUS
6. Shade the edges that would be hidden if the skeleton was covered
with paper and was hung above you in the position shown. z:
f//i
/
/)/// ()i 1,4
L /
I
,,

,- /
I’

K /
/F
I
‘‘

7
 ___________ ________
___

page 344
04-36: Nets
TEACHER:
Give your students copies of the nets for the 3-D shapes below (from the Teacher’s Guide).

I . Make the following figures from their nets.

Il
triangular square pentagonal triangular cube pentagonal
pyramid pyramid pyramid prism prism

Name of Figure Number of Faces Number of Edges Number of Vertices

2. Draw the missing face for each net.

a) What is the shape of each missing face?

b) Are the nets pyramids or prisms? How do you know?

3. Draw the missing face for each net.

.
(i)
c::::
(ii) (iii)
:i
a) What is the shape of each missing face?

b) Are the nets pyramids or prisms? How do you know?

4. Copy the following nets onto centimetre grid paper (use 4 grid squares for each face)
Predict which nets will make cubes. Cut out each net and fold it to check your predictions.
b)
a)
fl I I

f)
d)
fl I I
e)
fl I

‘c