The plan is a circle. The front elevation and the side elevation are both rectangles.
The plan is a square. The front elevation and the side elevation are both triangles.
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a) cylinderb) square-based pyramid
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A solid cuboid is 5 cm long, 3 cm wide and 2 cm high.
On centimetre-squared paper, draw
the plan of the cuboid
the front elevation of the cuboid, seen with the 5 cm edge facing you.
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a) a 5 cm by 3 cm rectangle b) a 5 cm by 2 cm rectangle
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A solid cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 7 cm. It stands on one of its circular faces.
Draw
the plan of the cylinder
the front elevation of the cylinder.
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a) a circle of radius 3 cm b) a rectangle 6 cm wide and 7 cm tall
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A solid is made from four centimetre cubes.
Three of the cubes are in a row on a table. The fourth cube sits on top of the left-hand cube.
The long side of the row faces you.
On centimetre-squared paper, draw
the front elevation of the solid
the plan of the solid.
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a) an L shape: a row of 3 squares with 1 extra square on top of the left square b) a row of 3 squares
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A cuboid is 5 cm long, 3 cm wide and 2 cm high. It stands on a table on its 5 cm by 3 cm face. The front of the cuboid is a 5 cm by 2 cm face.
Write down the width and height of the front elevation.
Write down the dimensions of the plan.
Work out the area of the side elevation.
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a) 5 cm by 2 cmb) 5 cm by 3 cmc) 6
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The diagram shows the plan and the front elevation of a prism, drawn on centimetre-squared paper.
Draw the side elevation of the prism, seen from the right-hand side.
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a rectangle 2 cm wide and 3 cm tall, with a horizontal line across it at height 1 cm
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The plan of a solid is a circle. The front elevation and the side elevation of the solid are both isosceles triangles.
Write down a possible name of the solid.
The plan, the front elevation and the side elevation of a different solid are all squares of the same size.
Write down a possible name of this solid.
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a) coneb) cube
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A solid cuboid is 6 cm long, 4 cm wide and 3 cm high.
Priya draws the front elevation of the cuboid, seen with the 6 cm edge facing her, as a rectangle 6 cm by 4 cm.
Explain why Priya's front elevation is wrong.
On centimetre-squared paper, draw the plan of the cuboid.
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a) the front elevation should show the height, so it should be 6 cm by 3 cm - the 4 cm width is only seen from above b) a 6 cm by 4 cm rectangle
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A solid cylinder has radius 4 cm and height 10 cm. It stands upright on a table.
Work out the area of its plan. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
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50.3
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A solid cuboid has volume 48 cm3 and height 3 cm.
The plan of the cuboid is a square.
On centimetre-squared paper, draw the plan of the cuboid, full size.
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a 4 cm by 4 cm square
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A solid is made from six centimetre cubes.
Four cubes form a 2 by 2 square layer on a table. Two more cubes are stacked on top of the back-left cube, making a column 3 cubes tall.
On centimetre-squared paper, draw
the plan of the solid
the front elevation of the solid
the side elevation of the solid, seen from the left.
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a) a 2 by 2 square b) an L shape: 2 squares wide at the base, left column 3 squares tall, right column 1 square tall c) the same L shape: 2 squares wide at the base, back column 3 tall, front column 1 tall
Every question here is original and written by Robinson Tuition. The grade follows the Edexcel grade descriptors and suits AQA and OCR too; this is not an exam-board paper.