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Test: Prisms and pyramids

This test develops geometric reasoning and calculations with prisms and pyramids. Students find volume, lateral and total surface area, altitude and edges and analyse diagonal cross-sections.

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Duration in minutes: 20
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Sample questions

  • A right prism has base area s cm² and height h cm. Find its volume.
  • A regular square pyramid has base side a cm and height h cm. Find its slant height.
  • A regular square pyramid has base side a cm and slant height l cm. Find total surface area.
  • How are the volumes of a prism and pyramid with equal base and height related?
  • What does a cross-section of a solid mean?
  • A pyramid has base area s cm² and height h cm. Find its volume.
  • A rectangular prism measures a cm, b cm and h cm. Find total surface area.
  • A right prism has rectangular base sides a cm and b cm and height h cm. Find its diagonal-section area.

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