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Topic questions Geometry and measures Properties of 3D shapes

Properties of 3D shapes

16 questions · 32 marks · about 35 minutes

Properties of 3D shapes questions

AQA 8300 Properties of 3D shapes 16 questions

Paper 1: Non-calculator November 2024 Foundation tier, Question 23, also on the Higher paper 3 marks

Here is a solid prism.

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(a)

How many faces does the prism have?

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(b)

The prism has volume = 3500cm3 and length = 20 cm

Work out the area of the cross-section of the prism.

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Paper 1: Non-calculator November 2024 Higher tier, Question 5, also on the Foundation paper 3 marks

Here is a solid prism.

Figure for question 5
(a)

How many faces does the prism have?

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(b)

The prism has volume = 3500cm3 and length = 20 cm

Work out the area of the cross-section of the prism.

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Paper 2: Calculator June 2024 Higher tier, Question 25 5 marks

Here is a right-angled triangular prism.

Figure for question 25

The ratio of the edges is a: b: c: d = 3: 4: 5: 12

Question 25, shown as an image

Work out the total length of all of the edges of the prism.

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Paper 3: Calculator June 2024 Foundation tier, Question 6 3 marks

Here are three solids.

Cube Square-based Cone

Figure for question 6
(a)

How many faces does the cube have?

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(b)

How many edges does the square-based pyramid have?

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(c)

How many vertices does the cone have?

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Paper 2: Calculator November 2022 Foundation tier, Question 22, also on the Higher paper 3 marks

Also involves Volume and surface area

(a)

Here is a cuboid. w, x and y are different whole numbers.

Figure for question 22

The total length of all the edges of the cuboid is 80 cm The volume is greater than 200 cm3 Work out one possible set of values for w, x and y.

Question 22, shown as an image
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Here is a solid cube.

Figure for question 22

Circle the expression for the total surface area in cm2

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Paper 2: Calculator November 2022 Higher tier, Question 8, also on the Foundation paper 3 marks

Also involves Volume and surface area

(a)

Here is a cuboid. w, x and y are different whole numbers.

Figure for question 8

The total length of all the edges of the cuboid is 80 cm The volume is greater than 200 cm3 Work out one possible set of values for w, x and y.

Question 8, shown as an image
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Here is a solid cube.

Figure for question 8

Circle the expression for the total surface area in cm2

Question 8, shown as an image
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Paper 1: Non-calculator June 2022 Higher tier, Question 15 1 mark

The cross section of a prism has n sides. Circle the expression for the number of faces of the prism.

n 2 n 3 n n + 2

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Paper 1: Non-calculator November 2021 Higher tier, Question 3 1 mark

Circle the solid that has 7 vertices.

hexagonal hexagon-based pentagonal pentagon-based prism pyramid prism pyramid

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Paper 2: Calculator November 2018 Higher tier, Question 14 1 mark

The cross section of a prism has n sides. Circle the expression for the number of edges of the prism.

2 n 3 n n + 2 2 n + 3

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Paper 1: Non-calculator November 2017 Foundation tier, Question 12 2 marks

(a)

How many edges are there on a square-based pyramid? Circle your answer.

4 5 8 12

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(b)

How many faces of a triangular prism are triangles? Circle your answer.

2 3 4 5

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