Chapter04 Solids
Transcript of Chapter04 Solids
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SolidsSpace and geometry
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The objects in our world are three-dimensional shapes or solidscars, towers, trees, mountains, cartons, clouds, computers, flowers, oranges, even cakes and ice cream cones! Look around and you will see lots more.
The Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) at Giza in Egypt was built in the 3rd century
BC
. It is 153 metres high and its square base has a length of 241 metres.
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understand and use the geometric terms polyhedron, convex solid, uniform cross-section, base, apex, prism, pyramid, cylinder, cone and sphere
describe solids in terms of their faces and other properties identify right prisms and pyramids, and oblique prisms and pyramids identify right cylinders and cones, and oblique cylinders and cones construct models of polyhedra classify solids on the basis of their properties count the number of faces, vertices and edges on a polyhedron and
discover Eulers formula for convex polyhedra determine if two edges of a solid are parallel, skew or intersecting explore the history of Platonic solids and how to make them sketch, on isometric grid paper, shapes built with cubes represent solids in two dimensions from different views.
convex solid A solid that points or curves outwards, so that a line joining any two of its faces lies completely inside it.
polyhedron A solid whose faces are all flat. hexahedron Any polyhedron with six faces. cross-section A slice of a solid, cut across it rather than along it. congruent Another word for identical. oblique Slanted, not at right angles. skew On different planes. Platonic solid Also called a regular polyhedron, a solid whose faces are
all identical regular polygons.
Name a solid whose faces are identical. Can you think of more than one?
In this chapter you will:
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1 a Name six two-dimensional (at) shapes that can be found in the picture below.b Write a description of each shape you found. Discuss this with other students.
2 Use this link to the Geometers Sketchpad or Cabri Geometry activity to revise your basic geometry vocabulary.
3 Draw each of the following shapes:a a pentagon b an equilateral triangle c a semi-circled a trapezium e a hexagon f a parallelogram
4 How many sides has:a a rectangle? b an octagon? c a triangle?d a hexagon? e a quadrilateral? f a pentagon?
5 What type of lines point in the same direction and never meet? 6 a Name each of the following solids:
b Which of the solids in part a are:i prisms? ii pyramids?
c Name everyday uses for each of the solids in part a. Collect some real examples and bring them to class.
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Start up
Worksheet 4-01
Brainstarters 4
Worksheet 4-02
A pageof shapes
Skillsheet 4-01
Naming shapes
Geometry 4-01
The vocabulary of geometry
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Skillsheet 4-01
Naming shapes
Naming solids
In the real world, all objects are
solids
. Solids are
three-dimensional
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3-D
) shapes because, not only do they have
length
and
breadth
(width), but they also have
thickness
(or height). Here are examples of some solid shapes you should know:
Triangular pyramid Rectangular prism Sphere
Cylinder Square pyramid Pentagonal prism
7 Which of the solids from Question 6 has:a ve faces? b six vertices (corners)?c curved surfaces? d no at surfaces?e all faces triangular? f two triangular faces?g all faces square? h all faces rectangular?i one square face? j no rectangular faces(Some have more than one answer!)
8 Name the solid that can be created from each of these nets.a b
9 Name and describe any other solids you know. Draw an example of each one.
Worksheet 4-02A page
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Convex and non-convex solids
These solids are
convex
.
These solids are
not convex
.
Convex solids have faces that all point, curve or bulge
outwards
, while non-convex solids have some faces that point, curve or cave
inwards
, having dents or holes.A simple test to determine whether a solid is convex or non-convex is to draw straight lines between any two faces on the solid.If every line you can draw lies completely
inside
the solid, then the solid is convex.
If all or part of any line you can draw lies outside the solid, then the solid is non-convex.
1 Test whether each of these solids is convex or non-convex:a b c
Exercise 4-01
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2 a Copy or trace the nets below, or print out Worksheet 4-03. (For best results, paste them on cardboard.)i ii
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PolyhedraSolids have at faces and curved faces.This cylinder has two at faces and one curved face. The at faces are circles, and the curved face is a rectangle (when attened).
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b Cut out each net along its boundary.c Fold each net along the dotted lines to make a solid.d Write the name of each solid on one of the paler faces.e Unfold each net and paste it in your workbook on its dark orange face.
3 Bring to class any other examples of solid shapes you can ndthe more the better!
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This hexagonal prism has eight faces. Two of the faces are hexagons, the other six faces are rectangles.
A solid whose faces are all at is called a
polyhedron
. The plural of polyhedron is
polyhedra
or
polyhedrons
.
While the word polygon in Greek means many angles and describes any at shape with straight sides, the word polyhedron means many faces and describes any solid whose faces are polygons. A hexagonal prism is a polyhedron. A cylinder, however, is not because it has a curved face.Just as polygons such as pentagons, hexagons and octagons are named according to the number of sides they have, polyhedra are named according to the number of faces they have. For example, a tetrahedron has four faces (tetra
=
4), while a hexahedron has six faces (hexa
=
6).
This table shows the names of some polyhedra, and the number of faces they have.
Polyhedron Number of faces Polyhedron Number of faces
Tetrahedron 4 Nonahedron 9Pentahedron 5 Decahedron 10Hexahedron 6 Undecahedron 11Heptahedron 7 Dodecahedron 12Octahedron 8 Icosahedron 20
face
Tetrahedron (4 faces) Hexahedron (6 faces)
Reasoning and reecting: Stacking and packaging1 Look around your classroom. Why are bricks like rectangular prisms? Why is the
room a rectangular prism? What shape are most books? Why do you think this is?2 Imagine you are in a supermarket. What solid shapes are used for packaging? Why
do you think different solid shapes are used? How are items stacked on the shelves? What part does packaging play in this?
3 Find out what solid shape bees use to make a beehive. Why do they use it?4 Find other three-dimensional structures in your environment? What solid shapes
have been used? Why might this be so?
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1 What is a more common name for a tetrahedron?2 Find out what a tetrapak and the computer game Tetris are. How are they related to the
meaning of tetra?
3 Which of the following solids are polyhedra?a a rectangular prism b a triangular prismc a sphere d a square pyramide a cone f a donut shape
4 Two solids have been combined to make each of these composite gures. For each one:i name the two solids that have been combined
ii state whether the composite gure is a polyhedroniii state whether the composite gure is convex.
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5 Copy the gures from Question 4 parts a, b and f and use a different colour to shade each pair of parallel at faces.
6 Copy and complete this table.
7 What is the smallest number of faces a polyhedron can have?
Solid Number offacesShapes of
facesNumber of
identical facesNumber of parallel
at faces
Cube
CylinderSquare pyramidTriangular prismRectangular prismRectangular pyramidCone
Triangular pyramid
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Prisms and pyramidsA cross-section of a solid is a slice of the solid, cut across it, parallel to its end faces, rather than along it. These diagrams show cross-sections of a rectangular prism, a sphere and a square pyramid.
Note that the cross-sections of a rectangular prism are congruent (identical) rectangles, the cross-sections of a sphere are circles (but of different sizes), and the cross-sections of a square pyramid are squares (again, of different sizes).Prisms and pyramids are special types of polyhedra. A prism has the same (uniform) cross-section along its length. Each cross-section is a polygon. Either of the end faces is called the prisms base. The prism below has trapezium-shaped cross-sections, identical and parallel to its base. It is a trapezoidal prism.
8 How many faces has:a a tetrahedron? b an octahedron?c a hexahedron? d a pentahedron?
9 Use the table of polyhedra names on page 103 to name these polyhedra:
10 Why can a cube, a rectangular prism and a pentagonal pyramid all be called hexahedrons?
11 Name any solid whose faces are all identical.
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d e f
Rectangular prism Sphere Square pyramid
cross-section
cross-sectioncross-section
Trapezoidal prism
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A prism is either right or oblique, as shown in the diagrams of triangular prisms below.
A right prism stands upright, while an oblique prism stands at an angle or slant. Oblique means slanting or at an angle, while right means at right angles.A pyramid has a pointed top called the apex. The face opposite the apex is a polygon and is called the pyramids base. A pyramids cross-sections have the same shape as the base but are not the same size. The pyramid on the right has a triangular base, so it is called a triangular pyramid.
A pyramid is also either right or oblique, as shown in the diagrams of square pyramids below.
Oblique prismRight prism
rightangles
not rightangles
Triangular pyramid
cross-section
apex
base
Oblique pyramidRight pyramid
Example 1a Draw a cross-section of this solid.b Is the cross-section of this solid uniform?c Is this solid a prism or a pyramid?d Is this solid right or oblique?e What shape is the solids base?f What shape are the side faces?g What is the full name of this solid?Solutiona
b Yes, all cross-sections of this solid are identical pentagons.c A prism, because the cross-section is uniform and is a polygon.d Oblique because it is slanted.e The base is a pentagon.f The side faces are parallelograms.g This solid is an oblique pentagonal prism.
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1 Draw a cross-section of each of these solids.
2 Which solids in Question 1 are:a polyhedra? b prisms?c pyramids? d neither prisms nor pyramids?
3 Describe what a prism is, in your own words.4 Describe what a pyramid is, in your own words.5 For each of these prisms, state:
i the shape of its cross-sectionii its name
iii whether it is a right prism or an oblique prism.
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Cylinders, cones and spheresCylinders, cones and spheres are not polyhedra because they have curved faces.Although it has a uniform cross-section, a cylinder is not a prism because its cross-sections are circles, which are not polygons. Although it has an apex, a cone is not a pyramid because its base is a circle, which is not a polygon. Like prisms and pyramids, cylinders and cones can be either right or oblique, as shown below.
A sphere is a perfectly circular solid, the shape of a ball. All of the points on a spheres surface are exactly the same distance from the centre of the sphere. In this diagram of a sphere, O is the centre and P and Q are points on the surface of the sphere. The distance OP is the same as the distance OQ.
6 Using each of these shapes as a base, draw a prism and shade its base.a square b isosceles trianglec trapezium d hexagon
7 Name these pyramids and classify them as right pyramids or oblique pyramids.
8 What shape are the side faces of:a any right prism? b any pyramid? c any oblique prism?
9 Draw a pentagonal pyramid and shade its base.10 Explain why a cylinder is not a prism and why a cone is not a pyramid.
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d e f
Worksheet 4-04
Nets ofsolids 2
Right cylinder Oblique cylinder Right cone Oblique cone
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Classifying solidsThroughout this chapter, we have seen that solids can be classied in different ways. A solid may belong to one or more of the categories listed below. Polyhedron: any solid whose faces are all at. Prism: a polyhedron that has a uniform polygonal cross-section, parallel to its base. Pyramid: a polyhedron with a polygonal base and one further vertex called the apex. Cylinder: a solid that has a uniform circular cross-section. Cone: a solid that has a circular base and an apex. Sphere: a completely round solid whose surface is always the same distance from its
centre. Right prism, right pyramid, right cylinder or right cone: an upright prism, pyramid,
cylinder or cone. Oblique prism, oblique pyramid, oblique cylinder or oblique cone: a slanted prism,
pyramid, cylinder or cone.The solids are shown in the table below.
Category Meaning Example
Polyhedron Any solid whose faces have straight sides
Prism A polyhedron that has a uniform cross-section along its length, identical and parallel to its base.
Right prism An upright prism
Oblique prism A slanted prism
Pyramid A polyhedron with a pointed top called the apex.
Right pyramid An upright pyramid.
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Oblique pyramid A slanted pyramid.
Platonic solid A regular polyhedron, whose faces are identical regular polygons.
1 For each of these solids,i write its name ii state whether it is right, oblique or neither.
2 Classify each of the following solids into one or more of the given categories. (The rst one has been done for you.) convex solid or non-convex solid polyhedron right prism or oblique prism right pyramid or oblique pyramid right cylinder or oblique cylinder right cone or oblique cone sphere
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Shape A is convex and an oblique cylinder.
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DD EE FF GG
HH II JJ KK
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Applying strategies: Nets of solids1 Here is the net for a triangular prism. Using
the measurements in the net, copy it to make a model of a triangular prism.
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2 Find nets for other solids and make more models. Some can be found in Worksheet 4-04. Use this link to nd them.
3 Match the correct shape name to each net (a to l). (Some have more than one net.)triangular prism cube rectangular prismsquare pyramid cylinder trapezoidal prism
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c d
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Eulers ruleLeonhard Euler (17071783) was a famous Swiss mathematician who discovered an interesting rule about polyhedra. He developed a formula relating the number of faces, vertices and edges of a convex polyhedron.An edge is a line of the solid, where two faces meet.A vertex is a corner of the solid, where edges meet.The prism in the diagram has six faces, eight vertices and 12 edges.
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Worksheet 4-05
Eulers rule
vertex
edge
face
(plural:vertices)
1 Count the number of faces (F), vertices (V) and edges (E) of the polyhedra you made in Exercise 4-01 and of any others you have collected. Copy and complete the table on the next page.
Exercise 4-05
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Edges of a solidThe edges are the lines of a solid, made where two faces meet.This diagram of a rectangular prism has its eight vertices labelled from A to H. We can also use these labels to describe the edges of the prism. For example, the top front edge is AD, while the back right edge is CG.
2 What is Eulers rule for convex polyhedra? Use the table from Question 1 to work it out.3 Identify each of the following solids.
a I have six vertices and nine edges.b I have six faces and they are all the same shape.c I have the same number of vertices as faces, but my faces are not all the same.d I have six edges.e I have 12 edges and eight vertices, and my faces are not all the same.
4 A piece has been sliced off each solid below. Count the number of faces (F), vertices (V) and edges (E) of each remaining solid. Does Eulers rule still hold true for them?
Polyhedron Number of faces (F)Number of vertices (V)
Number of edges (E) F + V
Cube 6 8Rectangular prismTriangular prismTriangular pyramidSquare pyramid
a b c d
Eulers rule for convex polyhedra is:Faces + vertices = edges + 2
F + V = E + 2
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Two edges can be related in three different ways. They can be intersecting, parallel or skew.In the prism at the bottom of the previous page: AD and CD are intersecting edges. Intersecting edges meet
at a vertex. Edges AD and CD meet at the vertex D.
AB and HG are parallel edges, written AB II HG.Parallel edges point in the same direction and never meet.
BF and EH are skew edges. Skew edges point in different directions but never meet because they are on different planes.Both of them could not lie on the same at surface (such as a sheet of paper). Skew means not on the same plane.
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1 In this diagram of a rectangular prism, name all the edges that:a intersect at vertex G b are parallel to edge CG c are skew to edge AD.
2 For each of the following solids name a pair of:i intersecting edges ii parallel edges iii skew edges.
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3 Copy and complete the statements below each of these solids. Choose from parallel, intersecting or skew to ll the blanks.
ST and UY are AE and AC are GK and HL are TX and RV are BE and CD are MN and KL are VW and WX are DE and AB are GJ and LM are WY and TX are BD and AB are HI and IM are
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Communicating and reecting: Perpendicular, parallel and skew linesThese pictures show examples of perpendicular, parallel and skew lines in the world around us.
Make a collage of pictures from magazines and newspapers and highlight the different types of lines.
Working mathematically
Perpendicular lines
Skew lines
Perpendicularlines
Parallel lines
Skew lines
Perpendicularlines
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The Platonic solidsA regular polygon is a at shape with equal sides. For example, a regular hexagon is a shape with six equal sides.A regular polyhedron or Platonic solid is a polyhedron with congruent faces. Every face is the same regular polygon and all pairs of adjacent faces make equal angles with each other. For example, a cube is a regular polyhedron because every face is a square with sides of the same length. Because a cube has six equal faces, it is also called a regular hexahedron.There are only ve such Platonic solids:
The Platonic solids were discovered by the Greeks in the 5th century BC. However, ancient artefacts displaying pictures of these solids have been found in Europe, Egypt, Africa and South America. It was believed that these shapes had mystical properties. The Greek philosopher Plato (427327 BC) claimed that these regular polyhedra were cosmic bodies representing the elements. The tetrahedron stood for Fire. The hexahedron stood for Earth. The octahedron stood for Air. The icosahedron represented Water. The dodecahedron represented the ether or the Universe.
Platonic solid Number of equal faces
Regular tetrahedron tetra = 4
Regular hexahedron hexa = 6
Regular octahedron octa = 8
Regular dodecahedron dodeca = 12
Regular icosahedron icosa = 20
Tetrahedron Hexahedron Octahedron
Dodecahedron Icosahedron
(cube)(equilateral triangular pyramid)
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You can print out Worksheet 4-06 to get copies of the nets used in this Exercise. 1 A regular tetrahedron is shown on the right.
a Draw and cut out the net of a regular tetrahedron with side lengths of 5 cm. For best results, draw it on to cardboard. Fold along the dotted lines and paste the tabs to make the tetrahedron.
b How many faces has the regular tetrahedron?c What is the more common name for a
tetrahedron?d What type of triangle is each face?e How many vertices has this tetrahedron?f How many edges has this tetrahedron?g Does this tetrahedron have any:
i parallel edges?ii skew edges?
iii intersecting edges?
2 A regular octahedron is shown on the right.a Draw and cut out the net of a regular octahedron with
side lengths of 5 cm. Fold and paste to make the octahedron.
b How many faces has this regular octahedron?c What is the shape of each face?d A regular octahedron is a composite solid. What two solids can be combined
to make it?e How many edges has this regular octahedron?f Does this octahedron have any:
i parallel edges? ii skew edges? iii intersecting edges?
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Nets ofPlatonic solids
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3 A regular icosahedron is shown on the right.a Draw and cut out the net of a regular icosahedron below,
with side lengths of 5 cm. Then make the icosahedron.b How many faces has this regular icosahedron?c What is the shape of each face?d How many edges does it have?e How many vertices does it have?
f Is Eulers rule true for this icosahedron?g Does this icosahedron have any:
i parallel edges? ii skew edges?4 A regular hexahedron is shown on the right.
a Draw and cut out this net of a regular hexahedron with side lengths of 5 cm. Then make the hexahedron.
b How many faces has the regular hexahedron?c What is the shape of each face?d What is the more common name
for a regular hexahedron?
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5 A regular dodecahedron is shown on the right.a Draw and cut out this net of a regular dodecahedron
with side lengths of 5 cm, then make it.
b How many faces has the regular dodecahedron?c What is the shape of each face?d How many edges does it have?e How many vertices does it have?f Is Eulers rule true for this dodecahedron?g Does this dodecahedron have any:
i parallel edges? ii skew edges?
6 Copy and complete this table of Platonic solids.
7 Which Platonic solid:a has 12 faces? b is a pyramid? c has 12 edges?d has 12 vertices? e is a prism? f has pentagonal faces?
Platonic solid Description Shape of each face Number of facesTwo square pyramids
joined at basesFlattened soccer ball
patternRegular pentagon
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Square
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Drawing and building solidsSolids can be difcult to draw. Sometimes it is easier to use square dot paper or isometric dot paper to draw them. The rectangular prisms shown below are drawn on square dot paper, so called because the dots sit on a grid of squares. Horizontal edges are drawn horizontally on the paper.
The rectangular prisms shown below are drawn on isometric dot paper, with the dots arranged in a triangular pattern. Horizontal edges are drawn at a slant on this paper. A 2-D (at) diagram of a 3-D gure (solid) looks more natural when drawn on isometric paper.
When drawing on square paper, one of the solids faces is shown at the front. When drawing on isometric paper, one of the solids vertical edges is shown at the front. In both cases, the parallel edges of the solid must be drawn as parallel on the paper.
Communicating and reasoning: Special solidsUse the library and/or the Internet to research at least one of the following topics. Present your work as a wall chart or in a project book.1 There are 13 Archimedean solids. Find out their names and how they are related to
the Platonic solids. Find pictures of them.2 There are four Kepler-Poinsot solids. Find out their names and what is special
about them. Find pictures of them.3 What are Johnson solids? How many are there?4 Find out about how the Pythagoreans, Theaetetus and Plato discovered the Platonic
solids.5 Find out what the mathematician Euclid and the astronomer Kepler discovered
about the Platonic solids.6 Research the lives of Plato, Euler or the Pythagoreans.
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For this exercise you will need square dot paper, isometric dot paper and construction cubes. Both types of dot paper can be printed out. Use these links to nd them. You can also draw shapes directly into a geometry program, using a square grid or an isometric grid.1 Copy the rectangular prisms shown above:
i on square dot paper ii on isometric dot paper2 Use cubes to make each of the following solids, then draw them on isometric dot paper.
3 Draw this shape on isometric dot paper:
4 Make three different solids using ve cubes. Then draw them on isometric dot paper.5 Each of the following is the start of a drawing of a rectangular prism. Copy each drawing
on to isometric dot paper and complete it.
6 Imagine and then draw what would remain of this large block if the smaller block was taken away from it.
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WorksheetAppendix 8Square dot
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WorksheetAppendix 9
Isometric dot paper
Geometry 4-03
Square grid
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7 Imagine and then draw what you would see of the following shape if you were looking from A, then from B, and then from C.
8 Copy each of these drawings of solids on to isometric dot paper exactly as shown.
9 Here are four different shapes, called A, B, C and D.
Which of the following shapes are the same as:a A? b B? c C? d D?
The use of cubes should help you complete the following questions.
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10 On isometric dot paper draw the different solids that can be made if four cubes are joined together. Two have already been drawn for you. How many different solids are there?
11 Which of the given solids, A, B, C, D and E, is the same as the solid on the left?
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Applying strategies: Drawing prisms and pyramids1 Try drawing solids without using dot paper. Use a ruler and pencil to practise
drawing the following solids: a cube a square pyramid a rectangular prism a cylinder
2 There are tricks you can use to draw these so that they look right. Find out what these tricks are and use them to improve your drawings.
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Different views of solids
Example 2For this solid, draw:a the front viewb the left viewc the top view.
SolutionImagine you walk around the solid. This is what you would see:a viewed from the front b viewed from the left
c viewed from the top
For this solid, draw:a the front viewb the top view.
Solutiona b
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Example 3
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1 For each of these solids, draw the views requested.a b
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iii front view iii top viewc d
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2 For each of these solids, draw the views requested.a b
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3 Draw each of these solids from the top, front and side views.a b
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4 In each set of diagrams below, three views of a solid shape are shown along with the number of cubes needed to make it. Make each of these solids, then draw them on isometric paper.a 5 cubes b 6 cubes
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1 Draw:a a non-regular hexahedron b a regular octahedron c a pentahedron
2 How many diagonals has:a a cube? b a square pyramid? c a triangular prism?
3 Eulers rule also works in two dimensions. The following shapes are called networks, made up of regions (spaces), vertices (corners) and edges (lines or curves joining two vertices). Note: Outside the network also counts as one region.
This network has 3 regions, 5 vertices This network has 3 regions, 4 verticesand 6 edges. and 5 edges.Count the number of regions (R), vertices (V) and edges (E) on each of the following networks, then write Eulers rule for networks.
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4 A soccer ball is not a perfect sphere but is actually a polyhedron with 32 faces.a Look at the pattern on a soccer ball to nd the shapes of its faces, and count how many
faces of each shape there are.b A soccer ball is not a regular polyhedron (Platonic solid) but it is a semi-regular
polyhedron. Find out what semi-regular polyhedra are. There are 13 of them.5 The words in the following list are related to solids. Research the meanings of ve of
them.axis altitude ellipsoid elliptic cone frustum lateral faces oblique cylinder parallelepiped torus truncated prism
Language of mathsapex base conecongruent convex cross-sectioncube cylinder dodecahedronedge Eulers rule facehexahedron intersecting edges icosahedronoblique prism oblique pyramid octahedronparallel edges plane Platonic solidpolygon polyhedron/polyhedra prismpyramid regular polygon regular polyhedronright prism right pyramid skew edgesslant solid spheretetrahedron uniform vertex/vertices
1 Find the ve Platonic solids in the list above.
2 How many faces has a tetrahedron?
3 What is the difference between the base of a prism and the base of a pyramid?
4 What is a polyhedron? Give an example of a polyhedron and an example that is not a polyhedron.
5 What type of polyhedra has a uniform cross-section?
6 What is the difference between a right prism and an oblique prism?
7 What do the Greek prexes hexa and poly mean?
8 What is the difference between a convex polygon and a non-convex polygon?
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Topic overview How useful do you think this chapter will be to you in the future? Can you name any jobs which use some of the concepts covered in this chapter? Did you have any problems with any sections of this chapter? Discuss any problems with
a friend or your teacher.
Views of solids
Polyhedra
Eulers rule
Faces Vertices Edges
Pyramids
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Intersecting
Skew
Prisms
Platonic solids
Nets Models
SO IDSLSO IDSLSolids with curved surfaces
Drawing andbuilding solids
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1 Copy and complete the table below for the three solids shown.
2 Draw each of the following solids and shade its base.a a hexagonal prism b a cylinder c a rectangular prism
3 Draw a cross-section of each of these solids and state whether each one is a prism.
4 Name each of the following solids and state whether each one is right or oblique.
Solid A Solid B Solid CNumber of faces
Number of congruent faces
Shapes of the faces
Number of parallel at faces
Shape of a cross-section
Are the cross-sections uniform?
Is the solid a polyhedron?
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5 Which solids from Questions 1, 3 and 4 are non-convex?6 Match each shape with its correct property.
7 Draw a triangular prism and count the number of:a faces b edges c vertices
8 For each of these solids, name a pair of:i intersecting edges ii parallel edges iii skew edges
9 What is a Platonic solid? Give an example of one.
10 This solid is a regular octahedron.a Which two solids can be combined to make this gure?b How is this octahedron regular?c How many faces, vertices and edges has this octahedron?d Describe Eulers rule for convex polyhedra and show that it
is true for this octahedron.11 Copy and complete these rectangular prisms on dot paper.
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Shape Property
a octahedron A another name for a cubeb pyramid B a polyhedron with triangular faces and a square basec sphere C has all side faces meeting at a point called the apexd octagonal prism D a Platonic solid with eight equilateral triangles as facese regular hexahedron E has a uniform cross-section but is not a prism
f oblique prism F a polyhedron with 10 faces, 16 vertices and 24 edgesg square pyramid G another name for a triangular pyramidh cylinder H a box shape that is slanted
i right pyramid I a solid with no at facesj tetrahedron J a pyramid that is upright
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12 For each of these solids, sketch the views requested.a i front view
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Mixed revision 14 SolidsNaming solidsConvex and non-convex solidsPolyhedraPrisms and pyramidsCylinders, cones and spheresClassifying solidsEulers ruleEdges of a solidThe Platonic solidsDrawing and building solidsDifferent views of solidsTopic overviewChapter review
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