Quadrilaterals

  • Folding Flowers 1
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    Folding Flowers 1

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you visualise what shape this piece of paper will make when it is folded?

  • Cut and Make
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    Cut and Make

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Cut a square of paper into three pieces as shown. Now,can you use the 3 pieces to make a large triangle, a parallelogram and the square again?
  • Is a Square a Rectangle?
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    Is a Square a Rectangle?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How many rectangles can you find in this shape? Which ones are differently sized and which are 'similar'?
  • Part the Polygons
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    Part the Polygons

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Draw three straight lines to separate these shapes into four groups - each group must contain one of each shape.
  • What Am I?
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    What Am I?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you draw the shape that is being described by these cards?

  • Hexagon Transformations
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    Hexagon Transformations

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you cut a regular hexagon into two pieces to make a parallelogram? Try cutting it into three pieces to make a rhombus!

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    Folding

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What shapes can you make by folding an A4 piece of paper?
  • Fred the Class Robot
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    Fred the Class Robot

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Billy's class had a robot called Fred who could draw with chalk held underneath him. What shapes did the pupils make Fred draw?
  • Brown rabbit in a field.
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    Rabbit Run

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Ahmed has some wooden planks to use for three sides of a rabbit run against the shed. What quadrilaterals would he be able to make with the planks of different lengths?

  • Triangle transformation
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    Triangle Transformation

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Start with a triangle. Can you cut it up to make a rectangle?