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
   • Rectangle
   • Triangle
2. 2.

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

   • Rectangle
   • Trapezoid
   • Triangle
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?

   • Triangle
   • Rectangle
   • Trapezoid
4. 4.

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

   • Rectangle
   • Triangle
   • Trapezoid
5. 5.

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

   • Rectangle
   • Trapezoid
   • Triangle

6. 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.

7. 6.

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

   • Triangle
   • Trapezoid
   • Rectangle

8. 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.

9. 7.

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

   • Triangle
   • Rectangle
   • Trapezoid

10. Labeled sketch, not to scale

    a pyramid whose base is 12 cm by 12 cm, 15 cm tall; the top point is above the middle of the base. The shaded cut goes straight down, parallel to a base side of 12 cm and 3 cm in from that side.

11. 8.

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

    • Triangle
    • Rectangle
    • Trapezoid
12. 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
13. 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