Penguin's Roll or Stack – 3D Solids Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Which solids roll and which can be stacked? Test the shapes and find out. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with 3d solids, with a friendly penguin to guide them. It has a name, class and date box for students, the mindtested.com header and footer, and a teacher answer key on page 2.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 3 activities worth 16 marks in total:

• Activity A: Rolling and stacking properties of solids.
• Activity B: Linking real objects to solid shapes.
• Activity C: Matching solids to their names.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Counting faces and corners
• Deciding which solids roll or stack
• Telling 2D shapes from 3D solids
• Naming cubes, spheres, cylinders and cones

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Read each instruction aloud together before your child starts.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Mark with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: five to ten minutes of regular practice works better for Grade 1 learners than one long session. Colour in the penguin when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in the IB PYP Shape and Space strand, where learners name solid shapes, count faces and corners and decide which roll and which stack. Answer key included.