Building Three-Dimensional Figures

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Objective

I can build three-dimensional figures using different shapes.

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Warm-up video

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    A rectangular prism has 6 faces, 12 edges, and 8 vertices.

  2. 2

    A pyramid is named after the shape of its base, and all of its side faces are triangles.

  3. 3

    A sphere has no edges or vertices, and it has just one curved surface.

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Practice

10 questions

1

What is the name of a prism that has six identical square faces?

2

A triangular prism has how many faces?

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Exit ticket

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How many faces, edges, and vertices does a pentagonal prism have?

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