Exploring Triangular Prisms
A Grade 6 math worksheet focused on understanding the properties, nets, surface area, and volume of triangular prisms.
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Exploring Triangular Prisms
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show your work where necessary.
1. Which of the following best describes the bases of a triangular prism?
Two parallel rectangles
Two parallel triangles
Three rectangles
One triangle and three rectangles
2. A triangular prism has faces, edges, and vertices.
3. Look at the triangular prism below. Describe the shapes of all its faces.
4. All prisms have rectangular lateral faces.
True
False
5. A triangular prism has a base with an area of 12 cm² and a height of 5 cm. What is its volume?
6. Match each term with its correct definition.
1. Base
a. A flat surface of a 3D shape
2. Face
b. A line segment where two faces meet
3. Edge
c. The two parallel and congruent polygonal ends of a prism
4. Vertex
d. A corner where three or more edges meet
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