Matching a Net to a Solid Figure Worksheet Download
Nothing on the site drew a net before this sheet, so the flat patterns come from a new shared helper (functions_math/solid_net.function) - the companion to the one that draws the folded solid. The distractors are always the near misses first: a cube against a rectangular prism, a square pyramid against a triangular pyramid. Counting the faces and noticing what shape they are is the whole skill, so pairing a cube net against a sphere would let the answer be picked without looking at the net.
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Matching a Net to a Solid Figure
Students look at 2D nets and match each one to the correct 3D solid figure it would fold into, such as cubes, pyramids, and prisms.
About this worksheet
Students look at 2D nets and match each one to the correct 3D solid figure it would fold into, such as cubes, pyramids, and prisms.
Student objectives
- Recognize the net of a cube and of a rectangular prism
- Tell a square pyramid net from a triangular pyramid net
- Count the faces in a net and note their shapes
- Picture how a flat pattern folds into a solid
Everyday practice
- Figure out how a flat cardboard box folds into a cube
- Look at a paper craft template and guess what shape it makes
- Unfold a cereal box and see the flat pattern it came from
- Match a gift box pattern to the closed box it becomes