Properties of 3D Shapes | PDF printable Geometry Worksheets - Free Printable

Let’s solve this step by step.

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Section A: Name the 3D shapes

We are given 8 shapes and a list of names to match them with. Let’s go one by one:

1. Blue cube-shaped object → All sides equal, square faces → Cube
2. Pink box shape (longer than wide) → Rectangular faces → Rectangular Prism
3. Red round ball → Perfectly round in all directions → Sphere
4. Blue can-like shape → Two flat circles on top/bottom, curved side → Cylinder
5. Orange cone shape → Flat circle base, pointy top → Cone
6. Purple pyramid with square base → Square bottom, triangular sides meeting at a point → Square-based pyramid
7. Green pyramid with triangle base → Triangle bottom, three triangular sides → Triangular-based pyramid
8. Yellow tent-like shape → Two triangle ends, three rectangular sides → Triangular prism

✔ So Section A answers:
- Cube
- Rectangular Prism
- Sphere
- Cylinder
- Cone
- Square-based pyramid
- Triangular-based pyramid
- Triangular prism

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Section B: Match descriptions to shape names

We’re told “One is done for you” — that’s Sphere matched to “Has one curved face and can roll in any direction”. That’s correct.

Now let’s match the rest carefully.

Left column (shapes):
Cone
Cube
Triangular prism
Sphere ← already done
Square-based pyramid
Rectangular Prism
Triangular-based pyramid
Cylinder

Right column (descriptions):

Let’s go through each description and find its match:

1. “Has two flat circular faces and one curved face. Will roll in a straight line.”
→ Sounds like a cylinder (like a soup can). Rolls straight because both ends are same size.
→ Cylinder

2. “Has 6 flat faces. All of them are rectangles.”
→ That’s a rectangular prism (box shape).
→ Rectangular Prism

3. “Has one flat circular face. Rolls in a circle.”
→ Cone! It has a flat base (circle) and rolls around in a circle when tipped.
→ Cone

4. “Has 6 flat faces. All of the faces are squares.”
→ Only true for a cube.
→ Cube

5. “Has 4 flat faces. All of the faces are triangles.”
→ Triangular-based pyramid (tetrahedron) — 4 triangular faces.
→ Triangular-based pyramid

6. “Has two triangular faces and 3 faces that are rectangles.”
→ Triangular prism — think of a Toblerone chocolate bar.
→ Triangular prism

7. “Has one square face, the others are triangles.”
→ Square-based pyramid — square base, 4 triangular sides.
→ Square-based pyramid

Wait — we have 8 shapes but only 7 descriptions left? No — actually, there are 8 descriptions total including the sphere one. Let me recount:

Descriptions listed:

1. Has one curved face... → Sphere ✔ (already matched)
2. Has two flat circular faces... → Cylinder
3. Has 6 flat faces. All rectangles → Rectangular Prism
4. Has one flat circular face. Rolls in circle → Cone
5. Has 6 flat faces. All squares → Cube
6. Has 4 flat faces. All triangles → Triangular-based pyramid
7. Has two triangular faces and 3 rectangles → Triangular prism
8. Has one square face, others triangles → Square-based pyramid

Perfect — 8 matches.

So final matching for Section B:

- Cone → Has one flat circular face. Rolls in a circle.
- Cube → Has 6 flat faces. All of the faces are squares.
- Triangular prism → Has two triangular faces and 3 faces that are rectangles.
- Sphere → Already matched (has one curved face...)
- Square-based pyramid → Has one square face, the others are triangles.
- Rectangular Prism → Has 6 flat faces. All of them are rectangles.
- Triangular-based pyramid → Has 4 flat faces. All of the faces are triangles.
- Cylinder → Has two flat circular faces and one curved face. Will roll in a straight line.

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Final Answer:

Section A:
1. Cube
2. Rectangular Prism
3. Sphere
4. Cylinder
5. Cone
6. Square-based pyramid
7. Triangular-based pyramid
8. Triangular prism

Section B:
- Cone → Has one flat circular face. Rolls in a circle.
- Cube → Has 6 flat faces. All of the faces are squares.
- Triangular prism → Has two triangular faces and 3 faces that are rectangles.
- Sphere → Has one curved face and can roll in any direction. *(already done)*
- Square-based pyramid → Has one square face, the others are triangles.
- Rectangular Prism → Has 6 flat faces. All of them are rectangles.
- Triangular-based pyramid → Has 4 flat faces. All of the faces are triangles.
- Cylinder → Has two flat circular faces and one curved face. Will roll in a straight line.