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Dimensions

What makes an object three-dimensional?

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Area relates to two-dimensional figures. Now, if you are calculating for volume, you must look at the amount of space in a three-dimensional object, like a cube for example:

Illustration of one large cube next to three smaller cubes.

What does a three-dimensional figure have that a two-dimensional figure doesn't have?

A two-dimensional figure, like a square, has a length and width. 

A square with labels on the side for length and width.
A cube with labels on the sides for length, width, and height.

A three-dimensional object, like a cube, has a length, width, AND height.


Using what you know about shapes, area, and volume, determine whether each figure is two-dimensional or three-dimensional, and whether it has area or volume. Click each shape to reveal the solution.

three-dimensional volume

two-dimensional area

three-dimensional volume

two-dimensional area

three-dimensional volume