Cubes and faces II 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about finding the number of faces that are showing on a shape. Question 1Change answer a) Arorangi had five cubes. She painted a dot on every face of each cube. a) Arorangi had five cubes. She painted a dot on every face of each cube. How many dots did she paint altogether? Question 1Change answer b) Arorangi made the shape above by glueing the five cubes together. She picked up the shape and looked at all of its sides. b) Arorangi made the shape above by glueing the five cubes together. She picked up the shape and looked at all of its sides. i) How many dots could she see in total? ii) How many cubes had three dots that she could see? Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students). Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Shape Keywords: 3-dimensional shapes, cubes, faces, visualising Description of task: Students identify the number of faces for different 3-dimensional cube models. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Geometric thinking, sets 3-4 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y7 (04/1998) a) 30 easy b) i) ii) 22 1 difficult difficult Diagnostic and formative information: Student response Likely reason a) b) i) ii) 15 11 2 Counts only those dots that are visible in the drawing. Parts of shapes Cubes and faces Counting stars
