Shape and space · Ages 6–7

3-D shapes worksheet

Part of: Solids, flat shapes and position

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Shape and space · Ages 6–7

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Write each answer in the space. For word problems, show your working and write a sentence answer.

1.What solid is in the picture?
- A. Cone
- B. Sphere
- C. Cube
- D. Cylinder
Choose the right answer
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2.What solid is in the picture?
- A. Cube
- B. Square pyramid
- C. Triangular prism
- D. Cuboid
Choose the right answer
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3.Which solid will roll down a slope by itself?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Choose the right picture
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4.Which solid can't roll?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Choose the right picture
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5.Two of the solid in the picture can be stacked steadily, one on top of the other.
True or false?
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6.A toy box holds 5 balls, 3 cube blocks and 5 cone-shaped cones. How many of the toys can roll?
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7.Ming puts something on a slope and it rolls down by itself, and it could roll any way. Which solid is it most likely to be?
- A. A cuboid
- B. A cube
- C. A sphere
- D. A square pyramid
Choose the right answer
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8.Ming builds a tall tower of blocks. The bottom block must sit steadily with more blocks on top. Which block is best at the bottom?
- A. A sphere
- B. A square pyramid
- C. A cone
- D. A cube
Choose the right answer
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9.Tsz-ching builds a tall tower of blocks. The bottom block must sit steadily with more blocks on top. Which block is best at the bottom?
- A. A sphere
- B. A square pyramid
- C. A cone
- D. A cube
Choose the right answer
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10.A toy box holds 2 balls, 4 cube blocks and 6 cone-shaped cones. How many of the toys can roll?
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11.Tsz-ching puts something on a slope and it rolls down by itself, and it could roll any way. Which solid is it most likely to be?
- A. A square pyramid
- B. A sphere
- C. A cuboid
- D. A cube
Choose the right answer
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3-D shapes worksheet: Answers and working

1. A. Cone
Look at its faces: are they all flat, or is any curved? Does it have a point?
Look at its faces: flat or curved, and whether it has a point.
2. A. Cube
Look at the shape of its ends, then check whether it comes to a point.
Look at the shape of its ends and whether it has a point.
3. D
To roll by itself, a solid needs a curved face. Check each one for a curved face.
Only a solid with a curved face can roll.
4. A
A curved face lets a solid roll. Look for one whose faces are all flat.
A solid with only flat faces can't roll.
5. True
To stack steadily, the top and bottom must both be flat. Look at this solid's top and bottom.
Only flat top and bottom (cube, cuboid, cylinder) stack steadily; a point or an all-curved shape won't.

Marking: 2 for the working, 1 for the answer, 1 for the sentence.

6. 10 toys
Only things with a curved face can roll. Which of the three kinds of toy have one?
Balls and cones have curved faces and roll; cubes don't: 5 + 5 = 10.
7. C. A sphere
Rolling any way means it is curved all over. Which solid is like that?
A sphere is curved all over, so it rolls any way.
8. D. A cube
The bottom block must sit steadily and take more on top. Which one is flat top and bottom?
A cube is flat top and bottom: it sits steadily and takes more on top.
9. D. A cube
The bottom block must sit steadily and take more on top. Which one is flat top and bottom?
A cube is flat top and bottom: it sits steadily and takes more on top.
10. 8 toys
Only things with a curved face can roll. Which of the three kinds of toy have one?
Balls and cones have curved faces and roll; cubes don't: 2 + 6 = 8.
11. B. A sphere
Rolling any way means it is curved all over. Which solid is like that?
A sphere is curved all over, so it rolls any way.

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