Comparing and Classifying

Can you describe a piece of paper clearly enough for your partner to know which piece it is?

Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

Sara and Will were sorting some pictures of shapes on cards. "I'll collect the circles," said Sara. "I'll take the red ones," answered Will. Can you see any cards they would both want?

Eight children each had a cube made from modelling clay. They cut them into four pieces which were all exactly the same shape and size. Whose pieces are the same? Can you decide who made each set?

Cut four triangles from a square as shown in the picture. How many different shapes can you make by fitting the four triangles back together?

This activity focuses on similarities and differences between shapes.

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?

Investigate the different shaped bracelets you could make from 18 different spherical beads. How do they compare if you use 24 beads?

Use the isometric grid paper to find the different polygons.