Nets of 3D Shapes

The nets of solids (3d shapes) are shown here.

1. NETS OF 3D SHAPES

2. What is a net? A net is an unfolded 3D shape laid out flat. In a net, it is very easy to see how many faces a 3D shape has.

3. CUBE A cube has 11 nets. They can all be seen here.

4. CUBOID A cuboid has 54 different nets. A couple of them a re shown here.

5. CYLINDER The two nets shown here both form cylinders.

6. CONE

7. SQUARE-BASED PYRAMID Remember that in a square-based pyramid, all triangles are equal in size.

8. TRIANGULAR-BASED PYRAMID This net consists of four triangles.

9. PRISM This is the net of a triangular based prism. Prisms can have any shape for the base. All prisms are made up of two of the base shapes along with rectangles. The number of rectangles is equal to the number of sides the base shape has.

10. Can you draw the net of a pentagonal prism? The answer is shown on the next slide.

11. A pentagonal prism has 2 pentagons. Since a pentagon has 5 sides, then the net will also consist of 5 rectangles.

12. The End.