Properties of Shapes KS1

Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

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?

We have a box of cubes, triangular prisms, cones, cuboids, cylinders and tetrahedrons. Which of the buildings would fall down if we tried to make them?

How many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take to make these skeleton shapes?

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

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

What does the overlap of these two shapes look like? Try picturing it in your head and then use some cut-out shapes to test your prediction.

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

This practical activity challenges you to create symmetrical designs by cutting a square into strips.

This challenge invites you to create your own picture using just straight lines. Can you identify shapes with the same number of sides and decorate them in the same way?

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?

Shapes are added to other shapes. Can you see what is happening? What is the rule?

Can you work out what shape is made when this piece of paper is folded up using the crease pattern shown?

Have a go at making a few of these shapes from paper in different sizes. What patterns can you create?

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

Here is a selection of different shapes. Can you work out which ones are triangles, and why?

Are these statements relating to calculation and properties of shapes always true, sometimes true or never true?

How many different triangles can you draw on the dotty grid which each have one dot in the middle?

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

Arrange the shapes in a line so that you change either colour or shape in the next piece along. Can you find several ways to start with a blue triangle and end with a red circle?

Explore ways of colouring this set of triangles. Can you make symmetrical patterns?

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

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?