Free Grade 3 Nets Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Nets: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. Volume is how much space a 3D shape takes up. For a cuboid, multiply length × width × height. Surface area is the total area of all faces.
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Foundation
20 min
24
Learning objectives
Every objective is checkable, and each one maps to an activity and an assessment.
- RememberIdentify nets
Identify nets accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain nets
Explain nets accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate nets
Calculate nets accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare nets
Compare nets accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
Close these gaps first — each has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
How Nets works
Volume is how much space a 3D shape takes up. For a cuboid, multiply length × width × height. Surface area is the total area of all faces.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.Find the volume of a cuboid 6 cm × 10 cm × 5 cm.[1]
- 2.Find the volume of a cuboid 9 cm × 7 cm × 8 cm.[1]
- 3.Find the volume of a cuboid 9 cm × 4 cm × 5 cm.[1]
- 4.Find the volume of a cuboid 4 cm × 6 cm × 7 cm.[1]
- 5.Find the volume of a cuboid 8 cm × 6 cm × 8 cm.[2]
- 6.Find the volume of a cuboid 3 cm × 4 cm × 10 cm.[2]
- 7.Find the volume of a cuboid 2 cm × 4 cm × 10 cm.[2]
- 8.Find the volume of a cuboid 4 cm × 6 cm × 10 cm.[2]
- 9.Find the surface area of a cuboid 9 cm × 8 cm × 5 cm.[3]
- 10.Find the surface area of a cuboid 5 cm × 8 cm × 2 cm.[3]
- 11.Find the surface area of a cuboid 8 cm × 6 cm × 9 cm.[3]
- 12.Find the surface area of a cuboid 3 cm × 5 cm × 3 cm.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 300 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 6 × 10 × 5 = 300 cm³.
2. 504 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 9 × 7 × 8 = 504 cm³.
3. 180 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 9 × 4 × 5 = 180 cm³.
4. 168 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 4 × 6 × 7 = 168 cm³.
5. 384 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 8 × 6 × 8 = 384 cm³.
6. 120 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 3 × 4 × 10 = 120 cm³.
7. 80 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 2 × 4 × 10 = 80 cm³.
8. 240 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 4 × 6 × 10 = 240 cm³.
9. 314 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 72, 40, 45. 2 × (72 + 40 + 45) = 314 cm².
10. 132 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 40, 16, 10. 2 × (40 + 16 + 10) = 132 cm².
11. 348 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 48, 54, 72. 2 × (48 + 54 + 72) = 348 cm².
12. 78 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 15, 15, 9. 2 × (15 + 15 + 9) = 78 cm².
Worked examples
Find the volume of a cuboid 8 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 8 × 5 × 5 = 200 cm³.
- Answer: 200 cm³
Find the volume of a cuboid 9 cm × 5 cm × 6 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 9 × 5 × 6 = 270 cm³.
- Answer: 270 cm³
Find the surface area of a cuboid 4 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm.
- Three pairs of faces: 20, 25, 20.
- 2 × (20 + 25 + 20) = 130 cm².
- Answer: 130 cm²
Interactive practice
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Common mistakes
What learners typically get wrong, and how to fix it.
Adds the dimensions instead of multiplying.
Correction: Volume = l × w × h.
Counts only three faces for surface area.
Correction: A cuboid has six faces — three matching pairs.
Teacher tips
- · Build cuboids from cubes before using the formula.
Parent tips
- · Work out how many sugar cubes fit in a box.
Real-life applications
- · Filling a fish tank, wrapping a present.
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Frequently asked
- Is this Grade 3 Nets lesson plan really free?
- Yes. Every lesson plans on FreeMathWorksheet is free to use, print and share — no account, no paywall and no watermark.
- What should a learner already know before this?
- Start with Perimeter and Area. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
- How is the lesson plan sequenced?
- Recognition first, then understanding, application, reasoning and finally mastery — the same ladder used across every free resource on the platform.
- What comes next after Nets?
- Move on to Surface Area, Volume of Prisms, Volume of Cylinders, Volume of Spheres, which build directly on this idea.
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