Name That Solid
Faces, Edges and Vertices
Surface Area
Volume
Challenge Questions
100

This solid has two circular faces and one curved surface.

What is a cylinder?

100

How many vertices does a rectangular prism have?

What is 8?

100

What units are used for surface area?

What are square units (cm², m²)?

100

What units are used for volume?

What are cubic units (cm³, m³)?

100

Which measurement tells you how much space is inside a solid?

What is volume?

200

This prism has rectangular faces and a rectangular base.

What is a rectangular prism?

200

How many edges does a triangular prism have?

What is 9?

200

Find the area of a rectangle measuring 8 cm × 5 cm.

What is 40 cm²?

200

Find the volume of a cube with side length 3 cm.

What is 27 cm³?

200

Which measurement tells you how much material is needed to cover the outside of a solid?

What is surface area?

300

How many identical parallel faces does every prism have?

What is two?

300

How many faces does a rectangular prism have?

What is 6?

300

A cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 5 cm. What formula is used to find its curved surface area?

What is 2πrh?

300

State the formula for the volume of a prism.

What is area of cross-section × length?

300

A cereal box is best modelled by which solid?

What is a rectangular prism?

400

Name the prism with triangular bases.

What is a triangular prism?

400

How many vertices does a cylinder have?

What is 0?

400

Find the total surface area of a cube with side length 4 cm.

What is 96 cm²?

400

A rectangular prism measures 6 cm × 4 cm × 5 cm. Find its volume.

What is 120 cm³?

400

A can of soft drink is best modelled by which solid?

What is a cylinder?

500

True or False: A cylinder is a prism. Explain.

False. A prism has polygonal bases; a cylinder has circular bases.

500

A prism has an octagonal base. How many vertices does the prism have altogether?

What is 16?

500

A cylinder has radius 4 cm and height 10 cm. Find its total surface area (leave answers in terms of π).

What is 112π cm²?

500

A cylinder has radius 5 cm and height 8 cm. Find its volume in terms of π.

What is 200π cm³?

500

Two cylinders have the same height. One has twice the radius of the other. Which has the larger volume, and by what factor?

The cylinder with twice the radius; its volume is 4 times larger.