Year 3
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will look in detail at the properties of 3D shapes and learn to identify these properties. This will build on our work on angles and 2D shapes.
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4 Questions
Q1.
What do we call all shapes with 4 sides?
rectangles
squares
triangles
Q2.
What makes this a square (tick 3)

it is green
Q3.
How many right angles does this shape have?

2
3
4
Q4.
True or false, acute angles are bigger than right angles?

True
5 Questions
Q1.
3D shapes are...
all cubes
big
blue
Q2.
What is this 3-D shape called?

cube
cuboid
Triangular prism
Q3.
How many vertices does this shape have?

2
4
6
Q4.
How many faces does this shape have?

2
4
6
Q5.
Which shape have 2 circular faces that are parallel?

cube

Cone

square-based pyramid
