Free Grade 3 Working with Nets Common Errors Lessons
Free Grade 3 lessons for Working with Nets Common Errors: 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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- RememberIdentify working with nets common errors
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- UnderstandExplain working with nets common errors
Explain working with nets common errors accurately in a familiar context.
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- ApplyCalculate working with nets common errors
Calculate working with nets common errors accurately in a familiar context.
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- AnalyseCompare working with nets common errors
Compare working with nets common errors accurately in a familiar context.
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How Working with Nets Common Errors 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 4 cm × 9 cm × 2 cm.[1]
- 2.Find the volume of a cuboid 10 cm × 7 cm × 4 cm.[1]
- 3.Find the volume of a cuboid 9 cm × 2 cm × 5 cm.[1]
- 4.Find the volume of a cuboid 6 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm.[1]
- 5.Find the volume of a cuboid 3 cm × 5 cm × 10 cm.[2]
- 6.Find the volume of a cuboid 3 cm × 4 cm × 6 cm.[2]
- 7.Find the volume of a cuboid 9 cm × 7 cm × 2 cm.[2]
- 8.Find the volume of a cuboid 8 cm × 3 cm × 2 cm.[2]
- 9.Find the surface area of a cuboid 2 cm × 9 cm × 7 cm.[3]
- 10.Find the surface area of a cuboid 5 cm × 10 cm × 2 cm.[3]
- 11.Find the surface area of a cuboid 8 cm × 10 cm × 6 cm.[3]
- 12.Find the surface area of a cuboid 9 cm × 6 cm × 6 cm.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 72 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 4 × 9 × 2 = 72 cm³.
2. 280 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 10 × 7 × 4 = 280 cm³.
3. 90 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 9 × 2 × 5 = 90 cm³.
4. 600 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 6 × 10 × 10 = 600 cm³.
5. 150 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 3 × 5 × 10 = 150 cm³.
6. 72 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 3 × 4 × 6 = 72 cm³.
7. 126 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 9 × 7 × 2 = 126 cm³.
8. 48 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 8 × 3 × 2 = 48 cm³.
9. 190 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 18, 63, 14. 2 × (18 + 63 + 14) = 190 cm².
10. 160 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 50, 20, 10. 2 × (50 + 20 + 10) = 160 cm².
11. 376 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 80, 60, 48. 2 × (80 + 60 + 48) = 376 cm².
12. 288 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 54, 36, 54. 2 × (54 + 36 + 54) = 288 cm².
Worked examples
Find the volume of a cuboid 2 cm × 7 cm × 8 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 2 × 7 × 8 = 112 cm³.
- Answer: 112 cm³
Find the volume of a cuboid 3 cm × 3 cm × 8 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 3 × 3 × 8 = 72 cm³.
- Answer: 72 cm³
Find the surface area of a cuboid 2 cm × 6 cm × 7 cm.
- Three pairs of faces: 12, 42, 14.
- 2 × (12 + 42 + 14) = 136 cm².
- Answer: 136 cm²
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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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