Rotating 3D Solids

Which one doesn't belong?

• A - Slinky

• B - Tube

• C - Top of Building

• D - Rubik's Cube

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CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

A semi-circle with points A and B is shown. When the semi-circle is rotated about the side AB, which of the following three-dimensional figures is created?

• cone

• cylinder

• cube

• sphere

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

This revolving door creates what shape by rotating a rectangle?

• Sphere

• Cylinder

• Rectangular Pyramid

• Cone

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

• cone

• cylinder

• pyramid

• prism

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

A rectangle and a horizontal line segment are shown. What is the resulting object when the rectangle is rotated around the horizontal line segment?

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

What you just explored were "solids of revolutions" - solids that are formed by rotating a two dimensional shape around an axis. Doing this produces solids like the ones you listed above. What is a solid that could NOT be produced by rotation?

• Basketball

• Ice Cream Cone

• Pringles Can

• Trash Can

• Box of Cards

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CCSS.7.G.A.3