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Level A
1. Which of the following is a 3-D shape?
A) Cylinder
B) Octagon
C) Kite
2. What is another name for 3-D shapes?
A) Polygon
B) Polyhedron
C) Point
3. A 3-D shape has four sides and a triangular face. This 3-D shape could be
A) Square based pyramid
B) Triangular based pyramid
C) Triangular prism
4. Which of the following is a trianguler based pyramid?
A) Triangular polygon
B) Tetrahedron
C) Trihedron
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5. A 3-D shape has been opened up to a flat 2-D shape (a net) and is shown below? What was
the 3-D shape?
A) Triangular prism
B) Triangular based pyramid
C) Square based pyramid
6. What is the 3-D shape represented by the net below?
A) Triangular prism
B) Triangular based pyramid
C) Square based pyramid
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7. Which two mathematical shapes could you combine to make this building?
A) Cone and sphere
B) Cylinder and sphere
C) Cone and cylinder
8. Which two mathematical shapes could you combine to make this building?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Cube and triangular pyramid
Cube and triangular prism
Cuboid and triangular prism
Twelve
9. Pyramids have constant cross sections
A) True
B) False
10. Hexagonal prisms have constant cross sections
A) True
B) False
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Level B
1. Which of the following is a 3-D shape?
A) Sphere
B) Circle
C) Hexagon
2. Which of the following shapes has curved surfaces?
A) Cylinder
B) Triangular prism
C) Pyramid
3. How many faces does a hexagonal prism have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
4
5
6
8
4. A shape has a circular base, one vertex and a curved side. This shape could be
A)
B)
C)
D)
Cylinder
Sphere
Cone
Pyramid
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5. How many faces does a triangular pyramid have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Four
Five
Six
Eight
6. How many edges does a triangular pyramid have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Four
Six
Eight
Ten
7. What is another name for a 3-D shape with straight sides and faces?
A) A polygon
B) A polyhedron
C) A prism
8. What is another name for a triangle based pyramid?
A) Triangle
B) Tetrahedron
C) Trihedron
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9. How many faces does a square based pyramid have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Three
Four
Five
Six
10. Which of the following shapes has curved surfaces?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Cube
Sphere
Cuboid
Triangular prism
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Level C
1. Which of the following has no edges or vertices?
A) Sphere
B) Cone
C) Cylinder
2. Which three 3-D shapes can be regular (all faces equal)
A) Triangular prism
B) Triangle based pyramid
C) Square based prism
3. An octagonal prism is an eight-sided 3-D shape. How many edges does it have?
A) Eight
B) Twelve
C) Twenty four
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4. Which of the following is a hexagonal prism?
A) A
B) B
C) C
5. Which of the following 3-D shapes have no vertices or edges?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Hexagonal prisms
Triangular prisms
Cones
Spheres
6. How many edges does a square based pyramid have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
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7. How many vertices does a triangular prism have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Three
Four
Five
Six
8. How many vertices does a hexagonal prism have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Six
Eight
Twelve
Eighteen
9. Which of the following has eight faces?
A) A
B) B
C) C
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10. A dodecahedron is the name given to a 3-D shape with twelve faces. The puzzle below
(megaminx) is dodecahedron in shape. What shape is each face?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Pentagon
Hexagon
Octagon
Quadrilateral
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Answers
Level A
1. Which of the following is a 3-D shape?
The correct answer is: A. Cylinder.
2. What is another name for 3-D shapes?
The correct answer is: B. Polyhedron.
3. A 3-D shape has four sides and a triangular face. This 3-D shape could be...
The correct answer is: B. Triangular based pyramid. The other two have five sides.
4. Which of the following is a trianguler based pyramid?
The correct answer is: B. Tetrahedron.
5. A 3-D shape has been opened up to a flat 2-D shape (a net) and is shown below? What was
the 3-D shape?
The correct answer is: C. Square based pyramid.
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6. What is the 3-D shape represented by the net below?
The correct answer is: A. Triangular prism.
7. Which two mathematical shapes could you combine to make this building?
The correct answer is: C. Cone and cylinder.
8. Which two mathematical shapes could you combine to make this building?
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The correct answer is: C. Cuboid and triangular prism.
9. Pyramids have constant cross sections
The correct answer is: B. False. Different cuts through a pyramid can have different shapes.
10. Hexagonal prisms have constant cross sections
The correct answer is: A. True. Different cuts through the length of a prism have the same
shape.
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Level B
1. Which of the following is a 3-D shape?
The correct answer is: A. Sphere.
2. Which of the following shapes has curved surfaces?
The correct answer is: A. Cylinder.
3. How many faces does a hexagonal prism have?
The correct answer is: D. 8.
4. A shape has a circular base, one vertex and a curved side. This shape could be...
The correct answer is: C. Cone.
5. How many faces does a triangular pyramid have?
The correct answer is: A. Four.
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6. How many edges does a triangular pyramid have?
The correct answer is: B. Six.
7. What is another name for a 3-D shape with straight sides and faces?
The correct answer is: B. A polyhedron.
8. What is another name for a triangle based pyramid?
The correct answer is: B. Tetrahedron.
9. How many faces does a square based pyramid have?
The correct answer is: C. Five.
10. Which of the following shapes has curved surfaces?
The correct answer is: B. Sphere.
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Level C
1. Which of the following has no edges or vertices?
The correct answer is: A. Sphere.
2. Which three 3-D shapes can be regular (all faces equal)
The correct answer is: B. Triangle based pyramid.
3. An octagonal prism is an eight-sided 3-D shape. How many edges does it have?
The correct answer is: C. Twenty four.
4. Which of the following is a hexagonal prism?
The correct answer is: shape B.
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5. Which of the following 3-D shapes have no vertices or edges?
The correct answer is: D. Spheres.
6. How many edges does a square based pyramid have?
The correct answer is: D. Eight.
7. How many vertices does a triangular prism have?
The correct answer is: D. Six.
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8. How many vertices does a hexagonal prism have?
The correct answer is: C. Twelve.
9. Which of the following has eight faces?
The correct answer is: shape A. B is a hexagonal prism. A is an octagonal prism and has 10
sides. C is a square based pyramid and has 5 faces.
10. A dodecahedron is the name given to a 3-D shape with twelve faces. The puzzle below
(megaminx) is dodecahedron in shape. What shape is each face?
The correct answer is: A. Pentagon.
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