Solids

Done by members of Form 1S math class:

Cassidy Rojas, Caele Roberts,
Chelsea-Marie Teemul,
Donnalee Sammy, Shivana Singh and Sushmita
Ramsawak
Assigned topics
1. Shivana Singh -> General Questions

2. Cassidy Rojas -> Cube

3. Chelsea Marie Teemul -> cuboid

4. Caele Roberts-> Triangular prism

5. Donnalee Sammy -> Cylinder

6. Sushmita Ramsawak -> L-shaped prism

Table of Contents
Topic Slide Number(s)

General Questions 4-8

Cube 9 - 13

Cuboid 14 - 19

Triangular prism 20 - 24

Cylinder 25 - 30

L - shaped prism 31 - 37

References 38

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General Questions
1. What is a solid? - A solid is a geometric figure having three (3) dimensions.

2. Define face , edge and vertex. - (a.) Face - A face is a flat surface that forms part of the
boundary of a solid.

(b.)Edge - An edge is the line segment where two (2) faces meet.

(c.)Vertex - A vertex is the point where three (3) or more edges meet.

3. What is meant by “the constant cross section of a solid”? - “The constant cross section
of a solid” means that if you cut a solid open you would see the same shape over and over
again- a shape of the same size throughout.
An example of the constant cross section of a solid :
4. What is a polyhedron? - A polyhedron is a three (3) dimensional solid exclusively by faces.

5. State Euler’s formula for a polyhedron. - Euler’s polyhedral formula is, the number of
vertices (V) plus the number of faces (F) subtract the number of edges (E) which equals to,
two (2). V+F-E=2
An example of how Euler’s formula is used :
6. What is a prism? - A prism is a three dimensional shape that has identical, parallel ends
and all flat faces

7. State which of the five solids in your project are prisms and give a reason for your
answer. - Of the five solids in the project only the Triangular prism, L- shaped prism,
Cuboid and Cube are prisms and one reason is that they all are solids that have two
congruent bases which are parallel faces also they all have flat faces.
 Cube
a. 3-dimensional representation of a CUBE.

A symmetrical three-dimensional shape,

either solid or hollow, contained by

six equal squares.

b. The properties of a Cube

Name of Solid No. of Faces No. of Vertices No. of edges

Cube 6 8 12

c. Net of a Cube:-
d. How to use the net to calculate the total surface area of a Cube:

To find the Surface Area of a Cube :

You first find the area of one face then you
multiply the area of one face by the total number of faces in a cube ( six faces ).

Example: Find the surface area of a cube, if the cube has an edge of 4 cm.

Firstly, you multiply 4 by 4 the find the surface area of a face.

Then, you multiply the Area ( 16cm² ) by the total number of faces ( 6 )
Our Answer will be 96cm²
e. Cross-section of a cube.
f. How to calculate the volume of a Cube?

To find the volume of a cube you multiply Side by Side by Side.

Formula:- S x S x S or Area x S

Example:- A cube has a Side of 12cm. Find the volume.

Since a square has equal sides, you would multiply 12cm by 12cm by 12cm which is 1440cm³.

Or you can multiply the area (144cm²) by the side (12cm) = 1440cm³
 Cuboid
a. An image of the 3-dimensional representation of the solid.
b. A table (as shown below) listing the properties of the solid.

Name of solid Number of faces Number of vertices Number of edges

Cuboid 6 8 12

c. The net of the solid.

d. How the net of your solid can be used to calculate the total surface area of a Cuboid:

To find the Surface Area of a Cuboid you have to calculate the

20 cm measurements of each side

3 cm First, multiply them: 10 by 3 = 30 cm squared

20 by 10 = 200 cm squared
20 by 3 = 60 cm squared
10 cm Then add them: 30 + 200 + 60 = 290 cm squared
And since it’s a box multiply by 2: 290 by 2 = 580 cm squared
e. Cross-section of a Cuboid
Cross section of a cuboid pt.2

Constant
f. The formula for the volume of the Cuboid

Volume formula: LENGTH MULTIPLIED BY BREADTH MULTIPLIED BY HEIGHT

Example: If the length is 15 cm, the height is 13 cm and the width is 8 cm, calculate the volume of the cuboid.

Volume of a cuboid= length by breadth by height

= 15 cm by 13 cm by 8 cm = 1560 cm³
 Triangular Prism
a. An image of the 3-dimensional representation of the solid.
b. A table (as shown below) listing the properties of the solid.

Name of solid No. of faces No. of vertices No. of edges

Triangular Prism 5 faces 9 vertices 6 edges

c. Net of solid
d. How the net of your solid can be used to calculate the total surface area of the solid.
To find the total surface area of the solid you are to cut it open leaving you
with the net of the shape.

12 cm
C
To find the surface area you would first need to find the area of each shape.

14cm
8cm 16cm B 8cm
Lastly you add all of your areas together and you would get the total surface
area of the Triangular Prism
12 cm
A 1. Area of triangle 1 = ½ x 12 x 8
Ans = 56cm²
2. Area of triangle 2 = ½ x 14 x 8
Ans = 56cm²
3. Area of rectangle B = 16 x 14
The net of the shape
Ans = 224cm²
4. Area of rectangle A = 12 x 16
Ans = 192cm²
5. Area of rectangle C= 12 x 16
Ans = 192cm²
Therefore total surface area = 56 + 56 + 224 + 192 + 192
Answer = 720cm²
E. Cross section of a Triangular prism

Constant
Cross section
F. Give the formula for the volume of the solid and use an example to show how the
formula is used to calculate the volume of the solid.

Formula of the volume of a Triangular Prism is (Base x Height)

When finding the base area of a triangular prism, you do not use the
6cm rectangle as your base but your height, if you reimagine the shape to as if it
were standing you would see the base is actually the triangle and the height is
9cm your rectangle.
4cm
1. So to find your base area = ½ x 4cm x 6cm
6cm = 12cm³ (12 cubic centimetres)

9cm
2. Lastly, we will multiply our height and base area = 12cm x 9cm
= 81cm³( 81 cubic centimetres)

4cm
Cylinder
a. A 3-dimensional representation of a Cylinder:
b. Properties of Cylinder

No. of Faces No, of Vertices No. of Edges

Cylinder 3 0 2

c. Net of Cylinder
d. How to calculate the total surface area of a Cylinder

Surface Area equals two times the area of the base plus the area of
the rectangle.

Surface Area= 2 π
r² + 2 π rh
= 2π (3)² + 2π (3) (6)
= 2π (9) + 2π (3) (6)
= 18π + 36π
= 54π
= 54 x 3.14
= 169. 56cm²
e. Cross Section of Cylinder
Constant Cross Section

Constant Cross Section

f. Volume of Cylinder

To calculate the volume of a cylinder we say radius squared by

height

Formula : π x height

Volume= π x height
= 12cm² x 8cm
= 144 x 8cm
= 1152cm³
L - Shaped Prism
a. 3-dimensional representation of an L-shaped Prism:
b. Table listing the properties of the solid:

Name of Solid No. of faces No. of vertices No. of edges

L-shaped Prism 8 12 18
c. The net of the solid:
(With Measurements)
d. How the net of this solid can be used to calculate the total surface area of this solid:

● In order to find the total surface area of the shape using the net,
we must first divide the net into different rectangles and squares.

● Then, we must find the area of each rectangle or square. As you

can see in this net, each separate shape that we have to find the
area of, is labelled.

● After finding the area of each shape, we have to add them all
together to get the final total surface area of the L-shaped prism.
The process of finding the total surface area, using the example previously given:

Area of A = 3cm x 3cm = 9cm²

Area of B = 3cm x 2cm = 6cm²
Area of C = 4cm x 3cm= 12cm²
Area of D = 5cm x 3cm= 15cm²
Area of E = 3cm x 1cm= 3cm²
Area of F = 3cm x 3cm= 9cm²
Area of G = 3cm x 2cm= 6cm²
Area of H = 5cm x 1cm= 5cm²
Area of I = 3cm x 2cm= 6cm²
Area of J = 5cm x 1cm= 5cm²
Total Area = A + B + C + D + E + F + G + H + I + J
= 76cm²
e. Diagram of the cross section of an L-shaped prism:

Constant
Cross Section
f. Volume of an L-shaped prism
Volume of Prism= Volume of A + Volume of B
1. Firstly, we have to find the volume of the cuboid ‘A’
5cm
Volume of A= Length x Breadth x Height
= 10cm x 4cm x 5cm
= 200cm³ (200 cubic centimetres)

A 2. Then, we have to find the volume of the cuboid ‘B’

Volume of B= Length x Breadth x Height
= 10cm x 9cm x 3cm
4cm = 270cm³ (270 cubic centimetres)

B 3. Lastly, we have to add both volumes together to get

the total volume of the entire prism:
Volume of prism = Volume of A + Volume of B
= 200cm³ + 270cm³
= 470cm³
References
Many of the pictures used were found online and some were drawn.

Videos are from youtube.

Gifs are from Pinterest

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