Identifying Shapes and Their Properties

  • Complete the Square
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    Complete the Square

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Complete the squares - but be warned some are trickier than they look!

  • Jig Shapes
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    Jig Shapes

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you each work out what shape you have part of on your card? What will the rest of it look like?

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    Poly Plug Rectangles

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?

  • Three Squares
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    Three Squares

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    What is the greatest number of squares you can make by overlapping three squares?

  • Shadow Play
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    Shadow Play

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Here are shadows of some 3D shapes. What shapes could have made them?

  • Let Us Reflect
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    Let Us Reflect

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Where can you put the mirror across the square so that you can still "see" the whole square? How many different positions are possible?

  • Guess What?
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    Guess What?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find out which 3D shape your partner has chosen before they work out your shape?

  • Making Cuboids
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    Making Cuboids

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Let's say you can only use two different lengths - 2 units and 4 units. Using just these 2 lengths as the edges how many different cuboids can you make?

  • Sponge Sections
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    Sponge Sections

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    You have been given three shapes made out of sponge: a sphere, a cylinder and a cone. Your challenge is to find out how to cut them to make different shapes for printing.

  • Cut Nets
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    Cut Nets

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Each of the nets of nine solid shapes has been cut into two pieces. Can you see which pieces go together?