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AQA GCSE · Question 06.1 · Geometry and Measures

Cube Square-based pyramid Cone

Here are three solids. How many faces does the cube have?

How to approach this question

A face is a flat surface on a 3D shape. Count the number of flat surfaces on the cube. Think of a standard dice.

Full Answer

A cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, with three meeting at each vertex. You can count them: 1. Top face 2. Bottom face 3. Front face 4. Back face 5. Left face 6. Right face Total number of faces is 6.

Common mistakes

✗ Confusing faces with edges or vertices. ✗ Only counting the visible faces in the diagram (which is usually 3).

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