3D shapes

Naming 3D shapes

Name: ______________________________Date: ______________Score: ______ / 20

1.
How many faces does a cube have?
2.
How many faces does a cuboid have?
3.
How many faces does a square-based pyramid have?
4.
How many flat faces does a cylinder have?
5.
How many flat faces does a cone have?
6.
A pyramid's faces rise to meet at a point called the...
1. Abase
2. Bedge
3. Capex
7.
Which shape has no vertices and no edges?
1. Acube
2. Bcone
3. Csphere
8.
Which of these shapes is a prism?
1. Asphere
2. Bcone
3. Ctriangular prism
9.
What is a vertex of a 3D shape?
1. Aa corner where edges meet
2. Ba flat face
3. Ca curved surface
10.
A cube and a cuboid both have 6 faces.
True False
11.
A triangular prism has 5 faces.
True False
12.
The side faces of a prism are rectangles.
True False
13.
Which shape has eight faces — two hexagon ends and six rectangles?
1. Acube
2. Bhexagonal prism
3. Ccone
14.
How many vertices does a cube have?
15.
A rectangular prism has 9 vertices.
True False
16.
How many faces does a pentagonal prism have?
17.
How many faces does a triangular-based pyramid have?
18.
How many vertices does a triangular prism have?
19.
A triangular-based pyramid has 5 vertices.
True False
20.
Match each 3D shape to its faces.
Write the letter of the matching item in each box:
?Cube
?Cylinder
?Cone
?Sphere
A6 square faces
B1 circle face and a point
C2 circle faces and 1 curved face
Dno flat faces at all

Answer key

3D shapes — Naming 3D shapes

1.6
2.6
3.5
4.2
5.1
6.C. apex
7.C. sphere
8.C. triangular prism
9.A. a corner where edges meet
10.True
11.True
12.True
13.B. hexagonal prism
14.8
15.False
16.7
17.4
18.6
19.False
20.Cube → 6 square faces; Cylinder → 2 circle faces and 1 curved face; Cone → 1 circle face and a point; Sphere → no flat faces at all