Drawing 3-D shapes

Drawing 3-D shapes

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This task is about drawing 3-D shapes on a grid.
Draw each 3-dimensional object below onto the grids from the view shown.
 
a)
       
 
b)
 
c)

 

Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Shape
Keywords: 
3-dimensional shapes, isometric drawings, views, drawing
Description of task: 
Students draw in three 3-dimensional shapes on a grid from the view shown.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This 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: 

 

Y6 (11/2001)
a)
The front face of the cube is a square, drawn in the correct orientation. (Back face may also have been drawn). The other faces are parallelograms, drawn in the correct orientation.		 easy

moderate
 
b)
The front face of the rectangular prism is a rectangle, dawn in the correct orientation. (Back face may also have been drawn). The other faces are parallelograms, drawn in the correct orientation and longer than the front face.		 moderate
 
difficult
 
c)
The front face is an isosceles or equilateral triangle (allow a 1/2 square margin of error), drawn in the correct orientation. (Back face may also have been drawn). The other face is a parallelogram drawn in the correct orientation.		 easy
 
 
moderate