What shape is the slice?

Answer Key - Grade 7 Math Worksheet

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1. 1.

   Milo imagines one flat cut through a moving box, parallel to the front. What shape is the slice?

   • Rectangle
   • Trapezoid
   • Triangle
2. 2.

   Tala imagines one flat cut straight down through a gift box, along the diagonal of the top. What shape is the slice?

   • Trapezoid
   • Triangle
   • Rectangle
3. 3.

   Zee imagines one flat cut straight down through a stack of books, along the diagonal of the top. What shape is the slice?

   • Rectangle
   • Trapezoid
   • Triangle

4. Read this first

   Labeled sketch, not to scale

   a box 24 cm long, 16 cm wide and 12 cm tall with one corner cut off by a flat cut.

5. 4.

   Ari imagines slicing one corner off a moving box with a single flat cut. What shape is the slice?

   • Triangle
   • Trapezoid
   • Rectangle
6. 5.

   Esme imagines one flat cut through the roof of a toy tower, parallel to its base. What shape is the slice?

   • Triangle
   • Trapezoid
   • Rectangle
7. 6.

   Kira imagines one flat cut straight down through the top point of a toy tower's roof. What shape is the slice?

   • Rectangle
   • Triangle
   • Trapezoid

8. Labeled sketch, not to scale

   a pyramid whose base is 9 cm by 9 cm, 12 cm tall; the top point is above the middle of the base. The shaded cut goes straight down through the top point.

9. 7.

   Luz imagines one flat cut straight down through the top point of a toy tower's roof. What shape is the slice?

   • Rectangle
   • Trapezoid
   • Triangle

10. Labeled sketch, not to scale

    a pyramid whose base is 14 cm by 10 cm, 11 cm tall; the top point is above the middle of the base. The shaded cut goes straight down through the top point.

11. 8.

    Milo imagines one flat cut straight down through the top point of a tower roof. What shape is the slice?

    • Rectangle
    • Trapezoid
    • Triangle

12. Labeled sketch, not to scale

    a pyramid whose base is 16 cm by 9 cm, 12 cm tall; the top point is above the middle of the base. The shaded cut goes straight down, parallel to a base side of 16 cm and 2 cm in from that side.

13. 9.

    Noah imagines one flat cut straight down through a tower roof, near one edge of its base. What shape is the slice?

    • Triangle
    • Rectangle
    • Trapezoid
14. 10.

    Bo has a gift box 15 cm long, 10 cm wide and 8 cm tall. A flat cut is parallel to the front. What is the area of the slice, in square centimeters?

    120