What shape is the slice?

Answer Key - Grade 7 Math Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.

1. Read this first

   Labeled sketch, not to scale

   a box with one flat cut. The shaded slice meets only the faces listed in the question.

2. 1.

   Esme imagines one flat cut through a box. It crosses these faces: top, front and left. What shape is the slice?

   • Quadrilateral
   • Triangle
   • Hexagon
3. 2.

   Jun imagines one flat cut through a gift box. It crosses these faces: front, back, left and right. What shape is the slice?

   • Triangle
   • Hexagon
   • Quadrilateral
4. 3.

   Kira imagines one flat cut through a stack of books. It crosses these faces: top, bottom, front, back and left. What shape is the slice?

   • Quadrilateral
   • Hexagon
   • Pentagon
5. 4.

   a cube with one flat cut. The shaded slice meets only the faces listed in the question. Luz imagines one flat cut through a big ice cube. It crosses these faces: top, bottom, front, back, left and right. What shape is the slice?

   • Hexagon
   • Quadrilateral
   • Pentagon

6. Use this

   Three cuts are described in the choices. No picture is drawn.

7. 5.

   Noah wants a slice shaped like a triangle from a box. Which cut works?

   • A cut straight down along the diagonal of the top
   • A cut that slices off one corner
   • A cut parallel to the top
8. 6.

   Pia wants a slice shaped like a triangle from a toy tower's roof (a pyramid). Which cut works?

   • A cut parallel to the base
   • A cut straight down, parallel to a base side, that misses the top point
   • A cut straight down through the top point
9. 7.

   Ren wants a slice shaped like a trapezoid from a toy tower's roof (a pyramid). Which cut works?

   • A cut straight down through the top point
   • A cut parallel to the base
   • A cut straight down, parallel to a base side, that misses the top point
10. 8.

    Tala wants a slice shaped like a rectangle from a gift box. Which cut works?

    • A cut that crosses all six faces
    • A cut parallel to the front
    • A cut that slices off one corner
11. 9.

    Zee wants a slice shaped like a rectangle from a tower roof (a pyramid). Which cut works?

    • A cut straight down through the top point
    • A cut parallel to the base
    • A cut straight down, parallel to a base side, that misses the top point
12. 10.

    Bo has a gift box 14 cm long, 9 cm wide and 6 cm tall. A flat cut is parallel to the top. What is the distance around the slice, in centimeters?

    46