3D ShapesSix solids with faces, edges and vertices counted.1st GradeCubelike a dice, a sugar cube6 faces · 12 edges · 8 verticesRectangular prismlike a cereal box, a brick6 faces · 12 edges · 8 verticesSpherelike a football, an orange1 curved surface · 0 edgesCylinderlike a tin, a candle2 flat faces · 1 curvedConelike a party hat, an ice cream1 flat face · 1 curved · 1 vertexPyramidlike the Great Pyramid, a tent5 faces · 8 edges · 5 verticesVOCABULARYFace = a flat surface · Edge = where two faces meet · Vertex = a cornerFind one of each solid in the kitchen before you sit down.3D Shapeslearnposters.com
3D Shapes — printable math wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Questions about the 3D Shapes poster

Who is the 3D Shapes poster for?
3D Shapes is filed under 1st Grade (ages 6–7), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the 3D Shapes poster?
Match each solid to something real — a can, a box, a ball. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so 3D Shapes belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with 3D Shapes?
Adding zero, Adding one and Adding ten sit alongside 3D Shapes in the 1st Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adding zeroAdding oneAdding ten
Is the 3D Shapes poster free to download and print?
Yes. 3D Shapes downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 1st Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the 3D Shapes poster print at?
3D Shapes is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of 3D Shapes loses nothing.Printing guide

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