Intro to 3D Figures and Nets

3D figures are made up of the following parts:

• line segment that joins to faces

• edge

• corner where the edges meet

• vertex

• flat surface of 3D figure

• base

• a special face, names the shape

• face

Use the following terminology to label the various parts the rectangular prism.

d

c

b

a

base

face

edge

vertex

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.4

Use the following terminology to label the various parts the triangular pyramid.

d

c

b

a

base

face

edge

vertex

A prism is a solid figure with two ​ (a)   bases that seperated by the height of the figure. The bases are ​ (b)   .

• parallel
• congruent
• perpendicular
• unequal
• curved
• adjacent

Tags

CCSS.5.MD.C.3

Select the hotspot to be able to identify the parallel base to the pink highlighted base in the cube.

Tags

CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.4.G.A.2

Select the hotspot to be able to identify the parallel base to the highlighted pink base in the rectangular prism.

Tags

CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.4.G.A.2

Select the hotspot to be able to identify the parallel base to the highlighted pink base in the triangular prism.

A pyramid is a solid figure with one​ (a)   and ​ (b)   faces.

• base
• triangular
• square
• round
• hexagonal
• circular

Match the following pyramid nets with the correct name. Make sure to look at the base in the center to name the figure.

• square pyramid

• 
• rectangular pyramid

• 
• triangular pyramid

• 

Tags

CCSS.5.G.B.3

CCSS.5.G.B.4

Organize these options into either a Prism or a Pyramid. You will need three in each category.

Groups:

(a) Prism

,

(b) Pyramid

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

CCSS.5.MD.C.3

CCSS.5.MD.C.4

CCSS.5.MD.C.5