Faces, Edges and Vertices
3-D Shapes
Prism vs. Pyramid
Mystery Shapes
Name that Net
100
How many vertices does a triangular prism have?
6
100
What are the three dimensions of a 3-D shape?
Length, width and height
100
Am I a prism or a pyramid? How do you know? (See Appendix C-1)
Prism because I have two congruent triangular faces and all the rest of my sides are rectangles
100
I have 5 faces. 2 of my faces are congruent triangles. My other faces are rectangles. What shape am I?
Triangular prism
100
(Appendix E-1)
Square based pyramid
200
Draw out the faces of a pentagon based pyramid
One pentagon, five triangles (See Appendix A-1)
200
Name this 3-D shape. (See Appendix B-1)
Cylinder
200
Am I a prism or a pyramid? How do you know? (See Appendix C-2)
Neither! I have two congruent faces, but I don't have any other rectangular faces.
200
I have no edges, no vertices and no faces. What shape am I?
Sphere
200
(See Appendix E-2)
Hexagonal Prism
300
How many edges does a cone have?
1
300
What is an example of a cone in our environment?
Birthday hat, pylon, ice cream cone
300
How are all prisms the same?
They have two congruent faces and the rest of the faces are rectangles
300
I am a pyramid. I have 5 faces that are triangles. What shape am I?
Pentagon based pyramid
300
(See Appendix E-3)
Rectangular prism
400
List the number of faces, edges and vertices in a rectangular prism.
Faces: 6 Edges: 12 Vertices: 8
400
In Egypt, what types of 3-D shapes would we see?
Pyramids
400
How are all pyramids the same?
They have one base and all the other faces are triangles
400
I am a prism. I have 2 faces that are hexagons. What shape am I?
Hexagonal prism
400
(See Appendix E-4)
Cone
500
Draw the missing face to make a pentagon prism
Pentagon (See Appendix A-2)
500
What two shapes make a house?
Rectangular prism or a cube and a triangular prism
500
Name one similarity and one difference between a square based pyramid and a cube
Similarity: They both have a square face Difference: A pyramid has triangular faces
500
Some of my faces are triangles. Name at least 3 different shapes that I could be.
Triangular prism and any type of pyramid
500
I have no net. What shape am I?
Sphere
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