Select three-dimensional shapes
key notes:
A cylinder is a shape with two faces. Faces are flat surfaces of a three-dimensional shape.

Both faces are circles. The rest of the cylinder is curved.

A cone is a shape with a pointy tip.

It has one circle as a face. A face is a flat surface of a three-dimensional shape. The rest of the cone is curved.

Learn with example
Which shape is a cylinder?

look at the shapes one by one to find the cylinder.
This shape has 6 faces. All the faces are squares.

This shape is a cube. it is not a cylinder.
This shape has two faces.

They are both circles. the rest of the shape is curved.

This shape is a cylinder.
Which shape is a cone?

Look at the shapes one by one to find the cone.
This shape has a pointy tip.

It has one circle as a face. The rest of the shape is curved.

This shape is a cone.
This shape is completely round. It has no flat surfaces.

This shape is a sphere. It is not a cone.
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