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- Name the cross section left by each cut.A cube, cut parallel to one of its faces.A triangular prism, cut parallel to its base.A cylinder, cut straight down through the centers of both ends.A cone, cut parallel to its base.A pentagonal pyramid, cut parallel to its base.
- List which of five solids can give each cross section shape.
- Find the shape of a cut across a hexagonal pencil.
- Find the shape and size of a cut through a clay square pyramid.
- Test Mason's claim about cuts that cross four faces of a cube.
- Check Jasmine's claim about the shapes one cut through a triangular pyramid can make.
- Find cross sections of a wooden doorstop shaped like a wedge.
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Cross sections of solids: the lesson ›More Chapter 10 worksheets: Area, surface area and volume of prisms
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- 10.5Volume of prisms and cylinders