Vocabulary

Net: A two-dimensional shape that can be modified to form a three-dimensional shape or a solid. A 3-D shape may have different nets.

Concept

Identify the solid pictured by the given net.

Rules

Look at the pattern obtained when a three-dimensional figure is laid out flat showing each face of the figure. 

Identify the solid pictured by the given net.

Example

Which solid is pictured by the net below?

Solution

A cone has a circular base and a single vertex. 

Pre-requisite Skills

Nets of 3 Dimensional Figures (4.8.3)