What shape is the slice?

Answer Key - Grade 7 Math Worksheet

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1. 1.

   Noah imagines one flat cut through a gift box, parallel to the top. What shape is the slice?

   • Trapezoid
   • Triangle
   • Rectangle
2. 2.

   Pia imagines one flat cut through a stack of books, parallel to its short end. What shape is the slice?

   • Trapezoid
   • Rectangle
   • Triangle
3. 3.

   Jun builds a toy tower with a pyramid roof on a square base, then imagines a flat cut through the roof, parallel to its base. What shape is the slice?

   • Triangle
   • Trapezoid
   • Square

4. Read this first

   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.

5. 4.

   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

6. 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.

7. 5.

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

   • Trapezoid
   • Rectangle
   • Triangle

8. 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.

9. 6.

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

   • Triangle
   • Trapezoid
   • Rectangle

10. Labeled sketch, not to scale

    a pyramid whose base is 11 cm by 8 cm, 9 cm tall; the top point is above the middle of the base. The shaded cut goes straight down, parallel to a base side of 11 cm and 2 cm in from that side.

11. 7.

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

    • Trapezoid
    • Triangle
    • Rectangle
12. 8.

    Tala has a gift box 13 cm long, 9 cm wide and 6 cm tall. A flat cut is parallel to the top. What is the area of the slice, in square centimeters?

    117
13. 9.

    Zee has a moving box 18 cm long, 12 cm wide and 9 cm tall. A flat cut is parallel to the front. What is the area of the slice, in square centimeters?

    162
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