Level 5-6 Shapes - Polyhedra

1. Which of these shapes is not a polyhedron?

   • Cube
   • Pyramid
   • Sphere
   • Triangular prism

2. The polygons forming the surface of a polyhedron are called .......

   • areas
   • edges
   • faces
   • sides

3. Where the straight sides of two polygons meet on the surface of a polyhedron they form a(n) .......

   • area
   • edge
   • line
   • side

4. The place on the surface of a polygon where several edges meet is called a .......

   • corner
   • dent
   • point
   • vertex

5. What is the name of the regular polyhedron in which four equilateral triangles meet at each vertex?

   • Hexahedron
   • Icosahedron
   • Octahedron
   • Tetrahedron

6. If you add the number of faces of a polyhedron to the number of its vertices the result is always .......

   • equal to the number of edges
   • 2 more than the number of edges
   • 2 less than the number of edges
   • 1 more than the number of edges

7. How many edges has a pyramid with a hexagonal base?

   • 6
   • 8
   • 10
   • 12

8. How many faces has the regular polyhedron made with pentagons?

   • 5
   • 10
   • 12
   • 15

9. A polyhedron with four rectangles or squares meeting at each vertex is called .......

   • a cuboid
   • a parallelepiped
   • a trapezoid
   • impossible

10. A polyhedron formed from rectangles set at right-angles to a polygonal base and top is called a .......

    • parallel
    • prism
    • prune
    • pyramid

Quiz written by Hilary Wilson