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Name a cylinder

Students identify and name cylinders in everyday objects, recognizing the solid shape regardless of its size or orientation.

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Name a cylinder

Kindergarten · Identifying and Naming Shapes · question 1 of 3

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12 rungs. A star at the top.

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Which number is the cylinder?

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A cylinder has two circle ends.

The side is curved.

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Read it: Name a solid: look at its faces

A sphere is round all over. It has no flat faces, so it rolls every way.

  1. Look for flat faces.
  2. Look for a curved side or a point.
  3. Round all over, no flat faces: it is a sphere.

A solid's flat faces tell its name.

A ball, a globe and an orange are all spheres.

A solid with a point and a round flat face is a cone.

Look at the faces. They tell you the solid's name.

Calling a sphere a circle.

A circle is flat. A sphere is round all over: you can hold it.

How many flat faces does a cylinder have? — 2. A cylinder has 2 flat faces. They are circles.

A soup can is a cylinder

Today we'll name a special shape. Look at this can of soup!

It has a flat top, a flat bottom, and a smooth side that wraps all the way around.

The top is shaped like a circle. We see it when we look down at the can.

The bottom is a circle too, just like the top.

And the side is smooth and curved. No corners, no edges.

A shape like this is called a cylinder!

Kindergarten · Naming a solid shape we see every day

Soup cans, drums, and paper-towel rolls are all cylinders.

Two circles and a curved side. That's a cylinder. Great job!

Now you try. Count the flat faces on this shape. How many faces are flat?

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Divide within 100

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MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics

Maya earned 2 stars this week — Interpret multiplication as equal groups, which took 6 answers over 3 days before its star landed 3 days ago and Multiply by 6, 7, 8 and 9. Next up: Divide within 100.

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