Uploaded July 2014 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
This Math Shorts episode helps students understand the two-dimensional figures that result from slicing solid three-dimensional figures. The video demonstrates this using cylinders and right rectangular pyramids as the three-dimensional figures.
Please visit the PBS Learning Media library (pbslearningmedia.org/resource/muen-math-g-slicing-3d-figures/slicing-three-dimensional-figures/) to access the supplementary learning materials included with this video.
This video was made for the PBS Learning Media library, thanks to a generous grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was produced in collaboration with Utah Education Network.
Common Core State Standards:
CCSS.Math.Cont.7.G.A.3 ( Grade 7 ): Describe the two-dimensional figures that result from slicing three-dimensional figures, as in plane sections of right rectangular prisms and right rectangular pyramids.
This Math Shorts episode helps students understand the two-dimensional figures that result from slicing solid three-dimensional figures. The video demonstrates this using cylinders and right rectangular pyramids as the three-dimensional figures.
Please visit the PBS Learning Media library (pbslearningmedia.org/resource/muen-math-g-slicing-3d-figures/slicing-three-dimensional-figures/) to access the supplementary learning materials included with this video.
This video was made for the PBS Learning Media library, thanks to a generous grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was produced in collaboration with Utah Education Network.
Common Core State Standards:
CCSS.Math.Cont.7.G.A.3 ( Grade 7 ): Describe the two-dimensional figures that result from slicing three-dimensional figures, as in plane sections of right rectangular prisms and right rectangular pyramids.
