Year 7 · Maths
Use 3D Shape Knowledge To Solve Problems
Year 7 learners practise surface area and volume of 3d shapes.
The activities include Calculate the Surface Area of 3D Shapes, Find the Volume of a 3D shape, Recognise 3D Shapes, and related practice. The checked support below includes worksheet, video, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Calculate the Surface Area of 3D Shapes
- Find the Volume of a 3D shape
- Recognise 3D Shapes
- Recognise and Sketch the Net of a 3D Shape
- Recognise Edges, Faces and Vertices of a 3D Shape
Checked learning resources
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Surface Area of Cubes and Cuboids KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet
Twinkl · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Authenticated KS3 walkthrough explains surface area of cubes and cuboids, provides calculation structures, printable and interactive practice, answers and independent-learning guidance.
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Volume of Cubes and Cuboids KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet
Twinkl · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Authenticated KS3 walkthrough teaches volume of cubes and cuboids as length multiplied by width multiplied by height, with worked guidance, printable and interactive practice and answers.
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3D Shapes - Home Learning - KS3 Maths
Twinkl · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Authenticated KS3 worksheet introduces and practises the properties of cones, spheres, cuboids, triangular prisms, square-based pyramids, cubes, tetrahedrons and cylinders, with answers.
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Nets of 3D Shapes - KS3 Maths
Twinkl · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Authenticated KS3 worksheet develops geometric reasoning by identifying, matching, eliminating and drawing nets that fold to form specified 3D shapes.
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3D Shapes: Faces, Edges and Vertices Colour by Number
Twinkl · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Authenticated KS3 Year 7–8 worksheet practises naming 3D shapes and calculating their numbers of faces, edges and vertices across prisms, pyramids, cylinders and other solids.
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Oak video: Volume Of Prisms
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
I can use the constant cross-sectional area property of prisms to determine their volume. The shape and area of the base of a prism can be found. The area of the cross-section multiplied by the length gives the volume of
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Oak lesson slides: Volume Of Prisms
Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
I can use the constant cross-sectional area property of prisms to determine their volume. The shape and area of the base of a prism can be found. The area of the cross-section multiplied by the length gives the volume of
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Oak worksheet: Volume Of Prisms
Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
I can use the constant cross-sectional area property of prisms to determine their volume. The shape and area of the base of a prism can be found. The area of the cross-section multiplied by the length gives the volume of