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Class 4 Shapes Around Us worksheet

CBSE Mathematics. Solids: faces, corners and edges; nets; acute, right and obtuse angles; radius and diameter. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.

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Sample questions

Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.

Section A · multiple choice

  1. 1.

    I have 5 faces, 6 corners and 9 edges. Which solid am I?

    1. A pentagonal prism
    2. A hexagonal prism
    3. A pentagonal pyramid
    4. A triangular prism
    Answer

    (d) A triangular prism

  2. 2.

    How many edges does a hexagonal pencil (a hexagonal prism) have?

    1. 16
    2. 20
    3. 19
    4. 18
    Answer

    (d) 18

    a hexagonal pencil (a hexagonal prism): 8 faces, 12 corners, 18 edges

  3. 3.

    The radius of a circle is 5 cm. What is its diameter?

    1. 10 cm
    2. 5 cm
    3. 12 cm
    4. 20 cm
    Answer

    (a) 10 cm

    the diameter is double the radius

Section B · short answer

  1. 4.

    How many more edges than corners does a square pyramid have?

    Answer

    3

    8 edges − 5 corners

  2. 5.

    Write the number of faces, corners and edges of a sugar cube (a cube).

    Answer

    6 faces, 8 corners, 12 edges

Section C · long answer

  1. 6.

    Compare a hexagonal prism and a pentagonal pyramid. (a) Write the faces, corners and edges of each. (b) Which has more faces? (c) Work out faces + corners − edges for both. What do you notice?

    Answer

    (a) a hexagonal prism: 8, 12, 18; a pentagonal pyramid: 6, 6, 10; (b) a hexagonal prism; (c) 2 for both

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