Year 2

Identifying 2-D shapes on the surfaces of 3D shapes

Year 2

Identifying 2-D shapes on the surfaces of 3D shapes

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will identify 2-D shapes on the surfaces of 3D shapes.

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3 Questions

Q1.
Which shape has the least amount of vertices?
Correct answer: Cylinder
Cone
Cuboid
Square based pyramid
Q2.
Which shape has the least amount of faces?
Cube
Square based pyramid
Correct answer: Sphere
Cylinder
Q3.
Which shapes edges are all the same length?
Correct answer: Cube
Cuboid

3 Questions

Q1.
True or false: On a cylinder I can see a square square.
Correct answer: False
True
Q2.
True or false: On a cuboid I can see a rectangle surface.
False
Correct answer: True
Q3.
True or false: On a cube, the only 2-D shape I can see is a square.
False
Correct answer: True