What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can draw plans and elevations of 3D solids
- I can sketch a 3D solid from its plan and elevations
Practise this topic
4 resources3D Solids: Plans, Elevations and Nets
Prisms (cube, cuboid, triangular, trapezoidal, L-shaped, pentagonal, hexagonal, octagonal), pyramids, cylinders, cones, spheres, hemispheres and the Platonic solids, with their dimensions: drag to turn, hidden edges dashed, the…
🔤 Fill the GapsFill the Gaps: Maths Vocabulary
A sentence explaining one of the unit’s key words, with gaps. Pick the right word for each gap from the words scattered round it: the right ones and plenty of wrong ones. A deck for every unit.
🧮 ToolFormula Sheet
Make a printable formula sheet: tick the shapes you want (2D area, perimeter and arc length, volume, surface area, and sector, arc and segment in radians), the eight circle theorems with diagrams, the GCSE formulae sheet…
🧮 ToolShape Formulas
Animated visual proofs of the area, volume and surface area formulae: drag the bar (or press Play) to turn each shape step by step into one whose area or volume we already know, with a caption for each step and the formula built…
These are the pages for 3D solids in the GCSE scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Mathematics, Higher tier (1MA1). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.