CBSE-Class VII
Mathematics
Practice Exercise Visualising Solid Shapes
Basic
1. Define faces, edges and vertices of solid shapes.
2. How many faces, edges and vertices does a cuboid have? Draw and explain.
3. Does a cylinder has a vertex? How many curved or flat edges and faces does the
cylinder have?
4. What is a net?
5. There is a cuboid of length = 3 cm, breadth = 2 cm and height = 1 cm. Draw its
net.
6. What will be the shape of the net of the given figure?
7. Which of these nets can be used to make a cube?
8. Write true or false for the following statements:
(i) A cone has one vertex.
(ii) A sphere has one edge.
(iii) A sphere has a curved surface.
9. Draw an oblique sketch of a cuboid whose dimentions are 3 cm × 2 cm × 5 cm.
10. How many cubes are used to form the following solid?
11. Using isometric dot paper draw isometric sketch of a cube whose sides are 4 cm
each.
12. Two cubes of sides 3 cm each are placed side by side. What would be the
dimensions of the resulting cuboid?
13. Three cubes of sides 2 cm each are placed on top of each other. What will be the
resulting shape and its dimentions?
14. If you give a horizontal cut to a cube, what type of cross-sections will you get?
15. A cube is cut in half from the middle. What will be the number of faces, edges
and vertices of each of the new solids thus formed?
16. What will be the top, side and front views of the following figure?
17. Write two examples for each of the following:
(i) cone,
(ii) sphere, and
(iii) cuboid
18. Mention two solid geometrical figures who does not have any vertices.
19. What is the shape of base of a
(i) cone
(ii) cylinder?
Draw and explain.
20. Explain basic differences between cube and cuboid.
Advanced
21. Draw a cylinder and show its faces and edges. Does it has vertices?
22. How many cubes are used to form the following solid?
23. What kind of solid we will get if we rotate a right triangle about its height?
24. Given below is a net of a cube, explain the steps required to make the cube.
25. What will be the top, side and front views of the following figure?
26. If you give a horizontal cut to a ball, what type of cross-sections will you get?
27. What will be the front view of the given almirah?
28. Using isometric dot paper draw a solid which consists of a cuboid of length 4 cm,
breadth 2 cm and height 3 cm, placed on top of a cube if dimension 4 cm as
each side.
29. Draw three different nets to make a cube.
30. Draw an oblique sketch of a cylinder with radius 3 cm and height 5 cm, placed
on a hemisphere of radius 3 cm.
31. See this net, what shape will be formed by folding it?
32. Dimensions of a cuboid are 3 cm, 5 cm, 7 cm. Draw three different isometric
sketches for this cuboid.
33. If a cuboid of dimensions 3 cm × 5 cm × 8 cm is placed over a cube of side 4
cm, what will be the maximum height of the resulting figure?
34. Two cuboids of dimensions 2 cm × 3 cm × 4 cm and 3 cm × 3 cm × 4 cm are
placed side by side. What will be the dimensions of the resulting cuboid?
35. A hemisphere of diameter 6 cm is placed on top of a cylinder of radius 3 cm and
height 5 cm. What is the height of the resulting figure?
36. Suppose a solid cone is cut in half horizontally as shown. How many vertices,
edges and faces will the two new solids have?
37. An overhead projector is kept in the front of the following solids. Draw the
shadow obtained in each case.
(i)
(ii)
38. If three cuboids of dimensions 4 cm by 2 cm by 3 cm are placed side by side,
then what will be the dimensions of the resulting cuboid?
39. If we use the given net to make a cube, then which all squares will be opposite
to each other?
40. Steps are made using three cuboidal blocks. The largest block in the figure has
length 3.5 cm, breadth 4.5 cm and height 6 cm. What will be the dimensions of
other two blocks, if height of the steps is to be 2 cm each?
Answers
1. Faces: Flat surfaces of a solid shape are called its faces. Edges: The line segments where
two adjacent faces meet are the edges. Vertices: Corners of a solid shape are its vertices.
2. Faces = 6 (ABCD, EFGH, CGFB, ADHE, ABFE, DCGH);
Edges = 12 (AB, BC, CD, DA, EF, FG, GH, HE, AE, DH, BF, CG) and
Vertices = 8 (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)
3. No; 2 curved edges; 1 curved face and 2 flat faces
4. A net is a sort of skeleton outline in 2D which when folded results in a 3D shape.
5.
6.
7. D
8. (i) True
(ii) False
(iii) True
9.
10. 7
11.
12. Length = 6 cm, Breadth = 3 cm and Height = 3 cm
13. Cuboid; Length = 2 cm, Breadth = 2 cm and Height = 6 cm
14. Squares
15. Faces = 6, vertices = 8, edges = 12
16.
17. (i) Ice-cream cone, cap
(ii) Ball, Globe
(iii) Box, Brick
18. Cylinder, Sphere
19. (i) Shape of Base of a cone a Circle.
(ii) Shape of Bases of a cylinder are Circles
20. A cube is a six sided three dimensional figure in which all the faces are square, a cuboid
is the same except that some of the faces are rectangles.
21. It has no vertex.
22. 7
23. Cone
24. (i) Take square numbered as 3 as the base.
(ii) Fold the square numbered as 2 along the line AC and square numbered as 4 along
the line BD. So, square numbered as 2 and square numbered as 4 will be opposite
to each other.
(iii) Fold square numbered as 1 along with line AB and square numbered as 5 along
with the line CD. So, square numbered as 1 and square numbered as 5 will be
opposite to each other.
(iv) Lastly, fold square numbered as 6 along with the line EF. So, square numbered as
6 will be on the top, that is, it will be opposite to the base which is square
numbered as 3. Thus we get a cube.
25.
26. Circles
27.
28.
29. (i)
(ii)
(iii)
30.
31. Pyramid
32. (i)
(ii)
(iii)
33. 12 cm
34. 5 cm × 3 cm × 4 cm
35. 8 cm
36. For upper portion: faces = 2, vertices = 1, edges = 1 For lower portion:
faces = 3, vertices = 0, edges = 2
37. (i)
(ii)
38. 12 cm by 2 cm by 3 cm
39. 1 will be opposite to 4; 3 will be opposite to 5 and 2 will be opposite to 6.
40. (3.5 cm × 4.5 cm × 4 cm); (3.5 cm × 4.5 cm × 2 cm)
