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Identify Faces, Edges and Vertices of 3D Shapes

In this worksheet, students will practise finding the edges, faces and vertices for 3D shapes.

'Identify Faces, Edges and Vertices of 3D Shapes' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 4

Year:  GCSE

GCSE Subjects:   Maths

GCSE Boards:   AQA, Eduqas, Pearson Edexcel, OCR,

Curriculum topic:   Geometry and Measures, Basic Geometry

Curriculum subtopic:   Properties and Constructions Three-Dimensional Shapes

Popular topics:   Shape worksheets, Geometry worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

When we are dealing with 3D shapes, we have to be able to find the number of vertices, faces and edges.

 

Definitions:

Face: In a 3D shape, a face is one of the sides of a shape - it is an area.

Edge: An edge is where two faces meet - it is a line.

Vertex: A vertex is the corner of a shape; it can also be called a point. The plural of vertex is vertices.

 

Example:

Find the number of faces, edges and vertices for a cube.

 

A cube

 

When you are completing these questions, remember that there will be hidden bits that you can't see.

 

Faces: We can immediately see 3 faces, but we have to remember that there are 3 on the back that we can't see. So that makes 6 faces altogether.

Edges:There are 9 we can see, and another 3 we can't - this gives 12 edges.

Vertices: There are 7 we can see, and one hidden away at the back. This gives 8 overall.

 

Now let's move on to some questions.

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