Ch 10: NY Regents - Geometric Solids: Help and Review
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- Students who have fallen behind in understanding planes, prism, pyramids, cones and spheres
- Students who struggle with learning disabilities or learning differences, including autism and ADHD
- Students who prefer multiple ways of learning math (visual or auditory)
- Students who have missed class time and need to catch up
- Students who need an efficient way to learn about geometric solids for the NY Regents Exam
- Students who struggle to understand their teachers
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How it works:
- Find videos in our course that cover what you need to learn or review.
- Press play and watch the video lesson.
- Refer to the video transcripts to reinforce your learning.
- Test your understanding of each lesson with short quizzes.
- Verify you're ready by completing the Geometric Solids chapter exam.
Why it works:
- Study Efficiently: Skip what you know, review what you don't.
- Retain What You Learn: Engaging animations and real-life examples make topics easy to grasp.
- Be Ready on Test Day: Use the Geometric Solids chapter exam to be prepared.
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Students will review:
This chapter helps students review the concepts in a geometric solids unit of a standard high school geometry course. Topics covered include:
- Planes and the polyhedron
- Platonic solids
- Area and volume of prisms, pyramids and cylinders
- Volume and area of cones and spheres

1. Planes and the Polyhedron: Definition and Example
Two types of polygons are planes and polyhedrons, which is a three-dimensional object that, importantly, is without curves. Learn to define the shapes of planes and polyhedrons by their appearance and where real-world examples of them can be found.

2. What Are Platonic Solids? - Definition and Types
A platonic solid is a unique three-dimensional solid, having only five varieties in the entire world. Discover how to define and identify characteristics of these different platonic solids, as well as learn from real-world examples.

3. Prisms: Definition, Area & Volume
Recognized by their base shape, prisms are objects that are three-dimensional and have straight parallel sides, top, and bottom. Discover more about prisms, including their measurements and how to find the surface area and volume.

4. Pyramids: Definition, Area & Volume
In geometry, pyramids are defined as three-dimensional objects with a polygonal base and sides that meet at the same point at the top, which is called the apex. Learn to identify and define pyramid shapes and how to measure their surface area and volume.

5. Cylinder: Definition, Surface Area & Volume
In geometry, the shape of a soda can is an example of a cylinder. Learn how to define cylinders and the formulas used to measure a cylinder's surface area and volume.

6. Cones: Definition, Area & Volume
A cone is defined as a three-dimensional object with a flat base and a single curved side that comes to a point at the top. Learn the formulas for measuring this shape, including surface area and volume.

7. Volume & Surface Area of a Sphere
The volume and surface area of a sphere can be calculated when the sphere's radius is given. Learn about the shape sphere and its radius, and understand how to calculate the volume and surface area of a sphere through some practice problems.
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Other Chapters
Other chapters within the NY Regents Exam - Geometry: Help and Review course
- NY Regents - Foundations of Geometry: Help and Review
- NY Regents - Logic in Mathematics: Help and Review
- NY Regents - Introduction to Geometric Figures: Help and Review
- NY Regents - Similar Polygons: Help and Review
- NY Regents - Quadrilaterals: Help and Review
- NY Regents - Circular Arcs and Circles: Help and Review
- NY Regents - Analytical Geometry: Help and Review
- NY Regents - Triangles and Congruency: Help and Review
- NY Regents - Parallel Lines and Polygons: Help and Review
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