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Build Solids
For this solid figures worksheet, students use the figures for the cube, pyramid, and rectangular prism to answer the six questions about the characteristics of solid figures.
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Geometry Assessment: Solid Figures
In this geometry assessment activity, students match the drawing of two faces of the solid to the name of the solid for six geometric figures.
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Countdown Challenge: Platonic Solids - Part II
In this platonic solid instructional activity, students observe five solids and draw a net of each three-dimensional figure. Students examine a tetrahedron, an octahedron, an icosahedron, a cube, and a dodecahedron. This is a one-page...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 5)
Acute angles, nets, and vertices are only a few terms that a set of flash cards includes. Among the 108 cards, two types are available; word cards printed in bold-faced lettering, and corresponding definition cards equipped with an...
North Carolina State University
Shapes
Expose youngsters to 3-D objects in a hands-on learning activity involving marshmallows and toothpicks. Engage your young mathematicians by introducing them to 3-D shapes by means of a story book. Explore 3-D shapes by manipulating...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Explore Volume - Practice 17.6
When youngsters are first gaining experience with the volume of solid figures, this is a well-suited activity. Nine figures, all made of unit cubes, are drawn for your class to estimate volumes with. Two simple test preparation questions...
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Geometry Skills: Solid and Plane Figures
In this geometry skills worksheet, students respond to 4 questions that require them to examine geometric figures and change them to solid figures and plane figures.
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Geometric Shapes, Construction Perspective
Learners examine three different geometric solid shapes and their nets. They answer multiple choice, spatial awareness questions where they determine which view: front, top or either, the net represents.
Virginia Department of Education
Similar Solids and Proportional Reasoning
Double the dimensions, quadruple the surface area. Pairs build similar prisms and compare the ratios of their surface areas and volumes to the ratio of the heights. Given two similar cones, partners determine the ratios of the lateral...
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Sort Solid Figures
In this solid figures worksheet, students read the word problems about the solid figures and find the figure that follows the rule.
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Plane and Solid Figures
Young scholars define a plane and a solid shape. In this geometry lesson, students compare and contrast different geometric shapes as they relate to solids. They name the geometric solids based on their sides and edges.
Mathed Up!
Nets, Plans, and Elevations
A dimensional resource teaches viewers to recognize 2-D views of 3-D objects and how to match nets with their 3-D figures. Individuals draw different views of three-dimensional objects including views from the front, side elevations and...
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Transformations in the Coordinate Plane
Your learners connect the new concepts of transformations in the coordinate plane to their previous knowledge using the solid vocabulary development in this unit. Like a foreign language, mathematics has its own set of vocabulary terms...
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2D Rotations of Triangles
Where does the line of rotation need to be to get a cone? Pupils respond to three questions involving rotating a right triangle about different lines. The scholars describe the solid created along with providing details about its...
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Geometry Jeopardy!
A list of instructions for this exciting Geometry Jeopardy game is included on slide 2. There are a total of 25 clues and 5 categories, including: solids, triangles, lines, angles, and grab bag. Tip: Play this Jeopardy game with your...
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Plane Shapes and Solid Figures
In this math worksheet, students study the properties of plane shapes and solid figures. Students fill out a chart after they have calculated the number of flat surfaces, edges and vertices.
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Exploration with Geometric Solids
Students reinforce geometric concepts by playing "Guess My Solid." Through a process of elimination, they determine the shapes of mystery solids. Finally, students use various materials to construct their own geometric figures.
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Solid Shapes
In this geometric solids learning exercise, students examine 4 different solid shapes then record the number of faces, the number of edges and the name of each shape.
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Spotting Polygons
See all sides of the story with a worksheet on geometric shapes! After studying the example at the top, which matches polygons with solid figures, second graders circle shapes that are named in the directions. Next, they match polygons...
101 Questions
Thanksgiving Taters
What would a meal be without the taters? The question is, how long does it take to peel those potatoes? Given the rate of peeling one potato, scholars predict the time it takes to peel the bag. The twist is that the first potato was...
K6 Math
Nets and 3-Dimensional Figures
Three solid figures are lined up down the left side of the page to be compared to three nets down the right side. Learners simply decide if the corresponding net matches the solid figure. Be aware that the publisher's watermark is...
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Find the Surface Area of Solids
In this online math worksheet, students calculate the surface area of a variety of solid figures. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into difficulties. A terrific...
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Surface Area practice 17.4
In this finding the surface area activity, students determine the surface areas of solid figures, complete the areas of a face and surface area of a cube in a table, and answer word problems. Students answer fourteen questions.
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A Cone and Its Net
Create and investigate nets for solid shapes with your class. They identify the different parts and faces of each polygon and solid then calculate the surface area and volume of cones. They use circle sectors of varying sizes to build...