Selecting Every Net for a Solid Figure Worksheet Download
Free 5th Grade (6g4) math worksheets on Selecting Every Net for a Solid Figure. Each worksheet has 4 problems with an answer key and are ideal for teachers and homeschooling. You can download the PDF or print it for practice.
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About this worksheet
Each worksheet has 4 solid figures where students select every net that folds to make it.
This worksheet shows a solid figure and six nets, and asks the student to select every one that folds to make it - two or three of them do. A cube has eleven different nets and a rectangular prism has just as many, so choosing one net as the answer teaches something false; a select-all question is the honest version. The figures are limited to cubes and rectangular prisms because their nets can be generated and checked by construction: a row of four faces with a flap above and a flap below folds into a box wherever the flaps sit. The wrong answers are an arrangement with the right number of faces that will not close, a straight row of six, a net one face short, and a correct net of a different solid. Sheets can be customized or printed for practice.
Student objectives
- Select every net that folds into a solid.
- Recognize that a solid has more than one net.
- Tell a valid net from an arrangement that will not fold.
Everyday practice
- Notice that a box can be flattened more than one way.
- Check several patterns before cutting card.
- Compare two ways of unfolding a package.