3D Shapes
Recognise 3D shapes — cubes, spheres, cones, cylinders and more — and their faces, edges and vertices.
What your child learns
- Name cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder, cone and pyramid
- Count faces, edges and vertices
- Spot 3D shapes in everyday objects
Example
A cube has 6 square faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices — like a dice.
Practice questions
A taste of the questions in BloomTracks – the app makes fresh ones every time and adjusts the level as your child answers.
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Question 1 · Level 1
Find the cone!
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Answer:
This is the cone.
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Question 2 · Level 3
Which 3D shape is a tent most like?
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Answer:
A tent is shaped like a triangular prism.
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Question 3 · Level 5
Which shape am I? I have 1 flat circle face, 1 curved surface and 1 point at the top.
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Answer:
I have 1 flat circle face, 1 curved surface and 1 point at the top. – I am a cone.
Try it at home
Sort kitchen items into cylinders (cans), cuboids (boxes) and spheres (fruit).
Key takeaway
Flat shapes are 2D; things you can hold are 3D.
Practise 3d shapes with Bloomie
Bloomie reads every question aloud, listens to spoken answers and adapts the difficulty one question at a time.