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Investigating 3D Shapes Worksheet

The document discusses the five Platonic solids: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron, highlighting their characteristics such as faces, vertices, and edges. It includes a table for completing information about these 3-D shapes and prompts the investigation of patterns and Euler's formula. Additionally, it encourages exploring the validity of Euler's formula for other 3-D shapes.

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Investigating 3D Shapes Worksheet

The document discusses the five Platonic solids: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron, highlighting their characteristics such as faces, vertices, and edges. It includes a table for completing information about these 3-D shapes and prompts the investigation of patterns and Euler's formula. Additionally, it encourages exploring the validity of Euler's formula for other 3-D shapes.

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Investigating 3-D Shapes

There are five Plato’s solids – the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and
icosahedron. They all have faces which are regular shapes.

A 3-D shape has faces (surfaces), vertices (corners) and edges. Complete the table
for the five 3-D shapes given.

Shape of No. of No. of No. of Faces +


3-D Shape
Face Faces Vertices Edges Vertices

Tetrahedron

Cube

Octahedron

Dodecahedron

Icosahedron

What can patterns can you see in the table?

EULER’S FORMULA

Investigate whether Euler’s formula is true for other 3D shapes too.

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