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Watch: Recognising 3D shapes

Lets find out more about recognising 3D shapes.

Recognise and name 3D shapes.

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Properties of 3D shapes

A 3D shape is a solid shape. Boxes, packets and balls are all 3D shapes.

3D shapes have three dimensions:

  • length
  • width
  • depth
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3D shapes have different properties:

A cube with labelled edge, face and vertex

Faces - A face is a flat surface on a 3D shape. For example a cube has 6 faces.

Edges - An edge is where two faces meet. For example a cube has 12 edges.

Vertices - A vertex is a corner where edges meet (the plural is vertices). For example a cube has 8 vertices.

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Watch: 3D Shapes

3D shapes have three dimensions - length, width and depth.

Watch the video to learn all about 3D shapes, like cubes, pyramids and spheres.

Learn about 3D shapes.

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Shape detective

Take a look at these 3D shapes:

a sphere, cube, cuboid, cylinder, square-based pyramid

Read the descriptions of each shape to work out which shape each person has.

Question 1

Kirsty has a 3D shape from the group above. It has 5 flat faces. 4 are the same.What shape could it be?

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Question 2

Will has a 3D shape from the group above with 12 edges of equal length. What could his shape be?

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Question 3

Samir counted the vertices on his 3D shape and found there were 8 vertices.

Which shape does he have if it has different sized faces?

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Question 4

Vicki has a shape from the group above with only one vertex. What is her shape?

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