2D shapes and their properties

There are 152 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to 2D shapes and their properties
Seeing Parallelograms
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Seeing parallelograms

Age
7 to 11
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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 parallelogram.

Rhombus It
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Rhombus it

Age
11 to 16
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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 rhombus.

Parallelogram It
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Parallelogram it

Age
11 to 16
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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 parallelogram.

Triangle or No Triangle?
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Triangle or no triangle?

Age
5 to 7
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Here is a selection of different shapes. Can you work out which ones are triangles, and why?

Name That Triangle!
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Name that triangle!

Age
7 to 11
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Can you sketch triangles that fit in the cells in this grid? Which ones are impossible? How do you know?

Guess \my Quad
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Guess my quad

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many questions do you need to identify my quadrilateral?

Completing Quadrilaterals
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Completing quadrilaterals

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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We started drawing some quadrilaterals - can you complete them?

Shape Draw
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Shape draw

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Use the information on these cards to draw the shape that is being described.

Hidden Squares
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Hidden squares

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you find the squares hidden on these coordinate grids?
Round a hexagon
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Round a hexagon

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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This problem shows that the external angles of an irregular hexagon add to a circle.