Diagnostic Assessment
Nets
3D Shapes
.Delta 1
Perimeter and Area
Unit 9
Surface Area
Volume
Capacity
Unit Conversion
Question 1 – Perimeter
Answer 1 – Perimeter
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
24cm The missing side length is 4 - 2 = 2, so we have 4 + 2 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 8 = 24 cm.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
20cm The student has found the area.
24m The student has used the wrong units.
2cm The student has not included the missing side length.
Question 2 – Area
Answer 2 – Area
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
The shape can be split up into 2 parts; a rectangle with area 8 × 5 = 40, and a
57.5 triangle with area (12 - 5) × (8 - 3)/2 =17.5. Adding these together gives the answer.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
88 The student has used the wrong base for the triangle.
55.5 The student has split the shape into 2 triangles.
111 The student has split the shape into two triangles, and has forgotten to divide by 2.
Question 3 – Area
Answer 3 – Area
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
0.8cm We have 3.6/9 × 2 = 0.8 cm.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
The student has worked out the area of a triangle with base 9
16.2cm cm and height 3.6.
The student has worked out the area of a triangle with base 9
32.4cm cm and height 3.6, but has not halved their answer.
0.4cm The student has not multiplied by 2.
Question 4 – Area
Answer 4 – Area
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
We split the shape into two parts; one with area 12 × 6 and the other
A with area (10 - 6) × (12 - 4) = 4 × 8.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
B The student has calculated the missing length incorrectly.
C The student has not calculated the missing lengths of the part to be subtracted.
D The student may have guessed.
Question 5 – Nets
Name the 3D Shape that can be made from this net.
Answer 5 – Nets
Name the 3D Shape that can
be made from this net.
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
Cuboid This net forms a cuboid, or a rectangular prism.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
The student may have guessed. They may benefit from revising these 3D
Cylinder shapes.
Rectangular The student may have guessed. They may benefit from revising these 3D
Pyramid shapes.
Cube The student has not recognised that 4 of the faces are rectangular, not square.
Question 6 – Nets
Answer 6 – Nets
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
1 triangle 2 A triangular prism has 3 square faces and 2 triangular faces. So we need to include
squares another 2 squares and 1 triangle.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
3 squares The student may have guessed. They may benefit from revising nets.
1 triangle 3 The student has not realised that we only require 2 squares, as there is one already.
squares
3 triangles The student may be trying to form a square based pyramid.
Question 7 – 3D Shapes
Answer 7 – 3D Shapes
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
There are 5 edges on each end face, and 5 connecting each end.
15 That gives 5 + 5 + 5 = 15.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
10 The student has given the number of vertices
7 The student has given the number of faces.
8 The student has given the number of visible edges.
Question 8 – 3D Shapes
Answer 8 – 3D Shapes
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
We have 12 + 8 = 20 people who bought just food and 4 + 6 = 10 people
8 who just bought drinks. Adding them together gives 30.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
4 The student has found the number of people who just ordered food.
12 The student has found the number of people who ordered nothing.
6 The student has found the number of people who just ordered drinks.
Question 9 – Surface Area
Answer 9 – Surface Area
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
We have two triangular faces and 3 rectangular faces, so the surface area
148 is (4 ×2 / 2) × 2 + 8 × 10 + 2 × 10 + 4 × 10 = 148.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
The student may have tried to find the surface area of the visible faces
88 only, but has not divided by 2 for the triangle.
40 The student has found the volume.
156 The student may not have halved the area for each triangle.
Question 10 – Surface Area
Answer 10 – Surface Area
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
The cube has sides 8 - 5 = 3, so it has surface area 6 × 3 × 3 = 54. The cuboid has surface area
226 2 × (10 × 5 + 10 × 3 + 5 × 3) = 190. Adding these together gives 244.
However, we need to remove the 2 joined sides from 244, so we have 244 - 2 × 3 × 3 = 226.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
244 The student has not removed the joined sides.
59 The student may have guessed.
235 The student has only removed one joining side.
Question 11 – Volume
Answer 11 – Volume
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
We have 12 + 8 = 20 people who bought just food and 4 + 6 = 10 people
10cm who just bought drinks. Adding them together gives 30.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
30cm The student has found the number of people who just ordered food.
40cm The student has found the number of people who ordered nothing.
12cm The student has found the number of people who just ordered drinks.
Question 12 – Volume
Answer 12 – Volume
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
250 cm = 2.5m, and 30 cm = 0.3cm, so we have 2.5 × 0.4 × 0.3 = 0.3
0.3 m³.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
300000 The student has found the volume in cm³.
3000 The student has not converted the units before multiplying.
300 The student may believe that there are 10 cm in a metre.
Question 13 – Capacity
Answer 13 – Capacity
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
90mm = 9cm, so the volume of one carton is 9 × 3 × 5 = 135 cm³.
675ml Multiplying by 5 for a five day week gives 675 cm³. This converts to 675 ml.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
The student has not converted the units, and has found the liquid
1350ml in one carton only.
135ml The student has found the liquid in one carton.
None of these are
The student may have used a 7 day week.
correct
Question 14 – Converting Units
Answer 14 – Converting Units
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
There are 100 cm in a metre, so there are 100³ =1,000,000 cm³
2.5 in a m³. We can divide 2,500,000 by 1,000,000 to get 2.5.
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
0.25 The student has used the wrong conversion.
25 The student has used the wrong conversion.
25000 The student may be converting from centimetres to metres.
Question 15 – Converting Units
Answer 15 – Converting Units
CORRECT ANSWER CORRECT EXPLANATION
There are 100² = 10,000 cm² in 1 m²,
0.06 so we divide 600 by 10,000 to get 0.06 m².
COMMON MISTAKES WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR MISTAKE
60000 The student has multiplied, rather than dividing, and has ignored the cm².
6 The student has ignored the squared sign.
0.6 The student may believe that 1000cm² = 1 m².
