MINI GAME / MATH
Solid Shapes Challenge
SOLID SHAPE READING KNOCK
Identify a solid, read its net or choose its volume formula.
Explore three ways of thinking about solid shapes across three levels.
ABOUT THIS GAME
About this game
Look at a solid. Choose. Check.
Name a solid from a diagram, work out which solid a net makes, or choose a volume formula.
Each level practises one of these three spatial skills.
Try 10 questions per round. Compare prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones and spheres to connect their names with their volume formulae.
POINT
What to focus on
Name the shape from its diagram
Look at diagrams of cylinders, cones, prisms, pyramids and spheres, then choose their names.
Imagine the folded solid
Look at a flat net and imagine the solid it forms when folded.
Choose a volume formula
Connect each diagram with a formula, and compare prisms and cylinders with pyramids and cones.
SKILLS
Skills to practise
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Read the features of a solid
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Connect nets with solids
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Distinguish volume formulae for prisms and pyramids
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Use geometric information to choose an answer
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