1. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. To understand what we mean by the term ‘prism’. Objectives To understand the meaning of ‘cross-section’.

2. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. A prism is a 3D object that is the same shape all the way through.

3. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. A prism is a 3D object that is the same shape all the way through. Cut the shape in a direction that is at right-angles to its length.

4. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. A prism is a 3D object that is the same shape all the way through. Pull the pieces apart and look at the shapes you get.

5. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. A prism is a 3D object that is the same shape all the way through. Take any two and the shape of the face is the same.

6. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. A prism is a 3D object that is the same shape all the way through. This face is knows as the a cross-section. Take any two and the shape of the face is the same.

7. Edexcel GCSE Maths Spec B – Modular: Booster C © Pearson Education 2010. This document may have been altered from the original. Volume = Area of Cross section x Length