Page 112 - Revised Maths Wisdom Class - 2

110 MATHS

Look at these solid shapes.

Cuboid Cone Cube Cylinder Sphere

Faces, Edges and Corners of Solid Shapes

• Each surface of a solid is
called a face. Edge Flat face

• Two faces meet at an edge. Corner

• Three edges meet at a Flat face Curved face

point called corner or
vertex (Plural : vertices).

Corners Corners
Shape Faces Edges Shape Faces Edges
(vertices) (vertices)

6 12 8 2 1 1

Cube
Cone

6 12 8
Cuboid 3 2 0

Cylinder

1 0 0

Sphere

Note for the Teacher

Teacher can tell the students that flat shapes are also called 2D shapes
and solid shapes are also called 3D shapes.