S3/MATH/CH8/WS2

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
HKUGA COLLEGE
S3 – MATHEMATICS – CH8 MORE ABOUT 3-D FIGURES WS2
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8.2 Net of 3-D figures

Exercise:
1. Draw two different nets for the solids.
(a) Regular tetrahedron (b) Cube (c) Right square pyramid

2. Referring to the given nets, draw the 2-D representation of the solid.
(a) (b) (c)

3. Which of the following nets can be folded into the regular triangular prism as shown on the right?

net B
net A
net C net D

4. All line segments in the given net have the same length. After folding the net into a solid,
(a) What is the name of the solid?
A I G
(b) Which edges will coincide with the following edges?
J H
(i) AB
(ii) CD
B F
D
(iii) EF
C E

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5. When the net in the figure is folded into a solid, B

(a) which points will coincide with the following points? E D C

A
(i) A (ii) D (iii) F
(b) Which lines will coincide with the followings lines?
G
(i) AB (ii) AJ (iii) HF F I J

H
6. The four triangles of the net for a regular tetrahedron are coloured. What is the colour of the face that
touches the table?

red

yellow yellow green

blue green

7. Fill the following net with appropriate colours so that it can be folded into the cube as shown on the
right. Mirror

White (W)

Y E Red (R)

Blue (B)
Green (G)

Yellow (Y)
Grey (E)

8. When the net in the figure is folded into a solid, which face will be opposite to each of the following
faces respectively?
(a) Face C
A C E
(b) Face E
B D F
(c) Face A

8.3 Front, Side and Top view of 3-D figures

In order to understand a 3-D object, we can observe it from three dimensions, i.e. Top view, Side view and
Front view.
Example: A 3-D object is made up of identical cubes. The following shows three of its 2-D representations.
Top
Top view Side view Front view

Front
Side

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Exercise: Draw the orthographic views for the following solids on the grid paper provided.
front view side view top view
1.
top
(a)

side

front
(b)

(c)

(d)

(e) top

front side

2. Given the front, top and side views of a solid, sketch the 2-D representation of the solid on the isometric grid.

(a) Front Top Side (b) Front Top Side

Top

Front
Side

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(c) (d) Front view Top view Side view

(e) Front view Top view Side view (f)

front top side

Bonus:

front top side