Composing Three-Dimensional Shapes - Common Core: 1st Grade Math

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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The sides of a cube are made up of ____________.

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A cube is a 3-dimensional shape with 6 sides. Each side of a cube is a square. Thus, the sides of a cube are made up of squares.

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The base, or bottom, of a cylinder is made of up what shape?

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The base, or bottom, of a cylinder is made up of a circle.

Cylinder

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The sides of a rectangular prism are made up of __________.

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The sides of a rectangular prism are made up of rectangles.

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Using the clues below identify the three-dimensional shape.

  • I have 6 flat surfaces.
  • Each flat surface is a square.
  • I have no curved surfaces.

What am I?

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The three-dimensional figure being described in the riddle is a cube. A cube, like a cardboard box or a die from a board game, has six sides, each side is flat, each side is a square, and there are no curved sides. The other answer choices include curved sides and do not have six flat surfaces.

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Andy takes two cubes and stacks them on top of each other. What three-dimensional shape did he create?

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Andy created a rectangular prism by stacking two cubes on top of each other. A rectangular prism has six flat surfaces, six sides, and four identical faces that are larger than a pair of smaller faces. Each flat surface on a rectangular prism is a square or rectangular shape.

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Using the clues below identify the three-dimensional shape.

  • I have five flat surfaces.
  • Four of my surfaces are triangles.
  • I have no curved surfaces.

What am I?

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The three-dimensional figure that is being described in the riddle is a pyramid. A pyramid has four surfaces that are triangles, no curves surfaces, and a total of five flat surfaces. The base of the pyramid in the example is a square. The other figures have curved surfaces and do not match the clues.

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Using the clues below identify the three-dimensional shape.

  • I have zero flat surfaces.
  • I have zero faces.
  • I have no edges.

What am I?

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The shape that is being described in the riddle is a sphere. A sphere has zero faces, flat surfaces, or edges. It can be described as the shape of a ball or round.

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