Stage: 2 Challenge Level: 
The large rectangle above is divided into a series of smaller quadrilaterals and triangles. Each of the shapes is a fractional part of the large rectangle.
Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the ten numbered shapes?
Visualising. Angle properties of shapes. Investigations. Pinboard/geoboard. Calculating with fractions. Practical Activity. Working systematically. Mixed triangles. Quadrilaterals. Fractions.
Published March 2001.
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