Prisms: Fluency & Practice

Mathematics
GCSE Foundation
10 questions
~20 mins
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A worksheet focusing on the properties and calculations related to prisms, designed for GCSE Foundation students to develop procedural fluency and problem-solving skills.

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Prisms: Fluency & Practice

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Grade GCSE Foundation
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Practice Questions

Answer all questions. Show your working in the grid spaces provided.
1.
Calculate the surface area of a rectangular prism with length 8 cm, width 5 cm, and height 10 cm.
[3 marks]
2.
Find the volume of a triangular prism with a triangular base of area 12 cm² and length 15 cm.
[3 marks]
3.
A cube-shaped prism has an edge length of 6 cm. Calculate its surface area.
[3 marks]
4.
Construct a rectangular prism with a volume of 240 cm³, where the length is 12 cm and the width is 5 cm. Find the height.
[4 marks]
5.
A prism has a surface area of 150 cm². Its length is 10 cm, width is 4 cm, and height is unknown. Find the height.
[4 marks]
6.
Explain why a prism with a rectangular base might have a different surface area than a prism with a triangular base, even if they have the same volume.
[4 marks]
7.
Calculate the volume of a hexagonal prism with a hexagon of side length 3 cm and height 10 cm. (Use the formula for the area of a regular hexagon: (3√3/2) * side²).
[4 marks]
8.
A prism has a surface area of 200 cm² and a volume of 120 cm³. Its length is 10 cm and width is 4 cm. Find the height.
[4 marks]
9.
A student mistakenly calculates the surface area of a cube with side length 4 cm as 64 cm². Identify the mistake and correct it.
[3 marks]
10.
Plot the graph of y = 2x for x from 0 to 5 on the grid.
[2 marks]

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Created
1/1/2026
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