1st grade identifying 3d shapes worksheets
First grade sheets drop the flat-or-solid warm-up and grow the solid set: rectangular prisms and pyramids join cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders. Each problem shows one solid drawn in wireframe with dashed hidden edges and three names to circle.
Free printable PDF worksheet, aligned to Common Core 1.G.A.1.
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The kind of problems you'll get
Circle the name of each solid.
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Circle the name of the solid.
Answer: rectangular prism
- Circle the name of the solid.
- Circle the name of the solid.
Every print pulls a fresh set of problems at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling never gets the same sheet.
What's on each sheet
- Fluency. Circle the name of each solid. 8 questions per page.
Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.
How to teach this
The new solids are the sneaky ones. When rectangular prism shows up, ask whether every face is a square. If any face is longer than it is wide, it can't be a cube. For pyramids, trace the triangle faces meeting at a point with a finger. The dashed lines show the edges you would see if the solid were glass.
Watch for: Kids call every box a cube. A cube's faces are all squares, so a longer box is a rectangular prism, not a cube. Kids name solids by their flat faces, calling a cylinder a circle. The circle is just one face of it; the whole solid is a cylinder.
Common questions about identifying 3d shapes
- What's the difference between a cube and a rectangular prism?
- A cube's six faces are all identical squares. If the box is longer in any direction, it's a rectangular prism. Every cube is a prism, but not the other way around.
- Why do the drawings have dashed lines?
- The dashes show hidden edges, the ones you would only see if the solid were see-through. They help a flat drawing read as a three-dimensional object.
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Aligned to Common Core 1.G.A.1. Reviewed by the One more sheet curriculum team. Content version 123, updated July 2026.