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Geometric shapes: 3-dimensional

Listed and illustrated below are some of the more common types of 3 dimensional (3D) shapes that your child might learn about at school.

List of 3D shapes

Shape	Description
Rectangular Prisms
Triangular Prisms
Hexagonal Prisms
Rectangular Pyramids
Triangular Pyramid
Hexagonal Pyramid
Cylinders
Cones
Spheres

Printable Geometry Worksheets

Print out and try the following two worksheets on identifying 3D shapes:

• 3-D Objects (1 of 2) e.g. Identifying shapes and faces, edges, and vertices.
• 3-D Objects (2 of 2) e.g. Identifying prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones, etc.