Describing 3d Shapes

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Can you label this picture of a cube?

Vertex (or corner) Edge (or side) Face


Investigation: Can you find out how many vertices,
edges and faces the following 3D shapes have?

Vertices: Vertices:
Edges: Edges:
Faces: Faces:

A Cube A
Cylinder
Vertices: Vertices:
Edges: Edges:
Faces: Faces:

A
Vertices: Pyramid Vertices:
Edges:
Edges:
Faces:
Faces:

A Cone A Sphere
Do I know the properties of 3D shapes?

I have 1 vertices.
CONE I have 1 edge.
I have two faces.

I have 5 vertices.
CUBE I have 8 edges.
I have 5 faces.

I have 0 vertices.
SQUARE-BASED
I have 0 edges.
PYRAMID
I have 1 face.

I have 8 vertices.
SPHERE I have 12 edges.
I have 6 faces.

I have 0 vertices,
CYLINDER I have 2 edges.
I have 3 edges.
LO: To match 3D shapes to their nets.

Square based pyramid

Cube

Triangular based pyramid

Cuboi
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Cylinder
LO: To match 3D shapes to their nets.

Pentagonal
prism

Hexagonal
prism

Cone

Dodecahedron

Triangular prism

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