MathsYears 3–4Geometry - Properties of Shapes

Recognise right angles and perpendicular/parallel lines

Recognise angles as a property of shape or a description of a turn; identify right angles, recognise that two right angles make a half-turn, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn; identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines

What you'll learn

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    A right angle is like the corner of a piece of paper 📄 — it makes a perfect L-shape!

  2. 2

    What shape does a right angle look like?

  3. 3

    Use the angle maker to make a right angle — turn it until it looks like an L.

  4. 4

    Let's check if this corner is a right angle. 📐

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    Two lines that make a right angle are called perpendicular lines — like the edges of this window 🪟.

  6. 6

    What do we call two lines that make a right angle?

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    Parallel lines always stay the same distance apart — they never meet, like train tracks 🚂.

  8. 8

    Which is true about parallel lines?

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