What shape is the slice?
Grade 7 Math Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
a box with one flat cut. The shaded slice meets only the faces listed in the question. Esme imagines one flat cut through a box. It crosses these faces: top, front and left. What shape is the slice?
- Hexagon
- Triangle
- Quadrilateral
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Three cuts are described in the choices. No picture is drawn.
Noah wants a slice shaped like a triangle from a box. Which cut works?
- A cut parallel to the top
- A cut that slices off one corner
- A cut straight down along the diagonal of the top
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
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
Zee wants a slice shaped like a rectangle from a tower roof (a pyramid). Which cut works?
- A cut straight down, parallel to a base side, that misses the top point
- A cut parallel to the base
- A cut straight down through the top point
Ari wants a slice shaped like a square from an ice cube. Which cut works?
- A cut that slices off one corner
- A cut parallel to one face
- A cut straight down along the diagonal of the top
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?
Kira imagines two flat cuts through a box, both parallel to the base: one low, one high. How do the two slices compare?
Labeled sketch, not to scale: a box with two shaded cuts parallel to the base, one near the bottom and one near the top. Labeled sketch, not to scale: a box with two shaded cuts parallel to the base, one near the bottom and one near the top. - The higher slice is smaller
- The higher slice is bigger
- The two slices are the same size
Milo imagines two flat cuts through a gift box, both parallel to the top: one near the middle, one near the top. How do the two slices compare?
Labeled sketch, not to scale: a box with two shaded cuts parallel to the top face, one near the middle and one near the top. Labeled sketch, not to scale: a box with two shaded cuts parallel to the top face, one near the middle and one near the top. - The higher slice is bigger
- The higher slice is smaller
- The two slices are the same size
Noah imagines two flat cuts through a toy tower's roof, both parallel to the base: one near the middle, one near the top. How do the two slices compare?
Labeled sketch, not to scale: a pyramid with two shaded cuts parallel to the base, one near the middle and one near the top point. Labeled sketch, not to scale: a pyramid with two shaded cuts parallel to the base, one near the middle and one near the top point. Labeled sketch, not to scale shaded cut shaded cut base - The two slices are the same size
- The higher slice is smaller
- The higher slice is bigger