Different Views of a Cube Structure

Goal: Draw top, front, and side views of a cube structure.

I looked directly down at thestructure at the right to see the top view.

The surface I saw is rectangular.Next I brought my eye levelwith the structure to see thefront view. The surface I sawis a T-shape.

Then I turned the cube so that I looked directly at theright-side view. The surface I saw is rectangular.

  1. Sketch the top, front, right, and left views of this cube structure.
  1. Sketch the top, front, right, and left views of this cube structure.
  1. Sketch the top, front, right, and left views of this cube structure.

  1. A model chair is shown at the right with linking cubes.

a) Draw the top view of your chair.

b) Draw the front view of your chair.

c) Draw the side view of your chair.

  1. Each of these cube structures is made with eight cubes.

Which is NOT the same structure as the other three?

  1. Tara built a structure with centimeter cubes and drew these views. Which is the volume of Tara’s structure?


Match 3-D shapes with their nets.

1: B; 2: A; 3:G; 4: E; 5: D; 6: C; 7: F

Nets are two-dimensional figures that can be folded up into three-dimensional solids.

Match 3-D shapes with their nets.


  1. Which of the patterns shown can be folded and taped to form a cube?

A. I only

B. I and III only

C. II, III, and IV

D. I and IV only

  1. All of the cube structures below are made with seven cubes. Which one is the same as c?
  1. Which top, front, and side views match cube structure c in the previous question?


  1. Which of the patterns shown can be folded and taped to form a cube?

A. I only

B. I and III only

C. II, III, and IV

D. I and IV only

  1. Ryan is packing books into a rectangular box. All the books are the same size.

What is the largest number of books that will fit inside the box?

Answer: 12

  1. The figure above shows a shape made up of cubes that are all the same size. There is a hole all the way through the shape. How many cubes would be needed to fill the hole?
  1. 6
  2. 12
  3. 15
  4. 182 × 3 × 3 = 18
  1. Lin Li is going to put a lawn around her house. To do this, she must put a 4-inch layer of topsoil on the dirt that is there now. Lin learns that soil is sold by the cubic yard. Before she orders, she must estimate the total number of cubic yards of topsoil she needs.

A sketch of Lin's property is shown below.

Left side: 8 × 4 × (4/36) = 3 5/9

Right side: 14 × 4 × (4/36) = 6 2/9

Front: 20 × 6 × (4/36) = 13 1/3

Back: 27 × 5 × (4/36) = 15Total = 38 1/9

Different Views of a Cube Structure

Matching

Select the correct views of this cube structure.

a. / / c. /
b. / / d. /

1. Select the top view.

D

2. Select the right view.

A

3. Select the front view.

B

Select the correct views of this cube structure.

a. / / d. /
b. / / e. /
c. /

4. Select the top view.

C

5. Select the right view.

D

6. Select the front view.

A

7. Select the left view.

E

8. Select the back view.

B

Different Views of a Cube Structure

Matching

Select the correct views of this cube structure.

a. / / d. /
b. / / e. /
c. /

1. Select the top view.

D

2. Select the right view.

C

3. Select the front view.

A

4. Select the left view.

E

5. Select the back view.

B

Select the correct views of this cube structure.


a. / / d. /
b. / / e. /
c. /

6. Select the top view.

A

7. Select the right view.

D

8. Select the front view.

B

9. Select the left view.

C

10. Select the back view.

E

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