Faces, Edges and Vertices

Year 2 Maths3D Shapes3 pages

About this worksheet

A three-page Year 2 sheet on the properties of 3D shapes. A key box defines face, edge and vertex beside a labelled cube. Pupils then count the faces, edges and vertices of a cube, cuboid, square-based pyramid, triangular prism, cylinder and cone, and fill in a table. Page 2 has four questions that use the table, including which shape has no vertices and how many more edges a triangular prism has than a square-based pyramid. The key on page 3 shows the completed table. It follows England National Curriculum geometry.

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Faces, Edges and Vertices: 3D Shapes - page 1

Faces, Edges and Vertices: 3D Shapes - page 2

Faces, Edges and Vertices: 3D Shapes - page 3

Curriculum objectives covered

Geometry - properties of shapes

“identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces”

Question 1 asks pupils to count faces, edges and vertices on six shapes. Questions 2 to 5 use those counts to describe and compare the shapes.

What's inside this worksheet

3D Shape Key

A pink box defines face, edge and vertex, and says that more than one vertex are called vertices. A small cube picture labels one of each.

Faces, Edges and Vertices table

A six-column table with a picture of each shape. Pupils write the number of faces, edges and vertices under each one.

Shape Questions

Four questions that use the table. Which shapes have exactly 5 faces, which two shapes match on all three counts, which shape has no vertices, and how many more edges a triangular prism has than a square-based pyramid.

Answers

The completed table, with the cylinder shown as 3 faces (2 flat, 1 curved) and the cone as 2 faces (1 flat, 1 curved). Then the answer to each question.

How teachers use it

Hands-on start

Give each group a real cube, cylinder and cone before they start the table. Pupils can run a finger along each edge and count as they go.

Curved shapes

The key counts a cylinder as 2 edges and a cone as 1. Agree how your class will count curved edges before pupils start, so the table and the key match.

Exit task

Use question 5 on its own at the end of the lesson. It checks both the edge counts and the subtraction, 9 take away 8.

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