MathsYear 6Geometry - Properties of Shapes

Classify shapes by properties

Draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles; recognise, describe and build simple 3-D shapes, including making nets; compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangle, quadrilateral and regular polygon

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a door 🚪 — it has 4 straight sides and 4 right angles. That's a quadrilateral!

  2. 2

    How many sides does a triangle have? 🟦

  3. 3

    Here are two shapes. One has 4 equal sides and 4 right angles — that's a square. The other has 4 sides but only opposite sides are equal — that's a rectangle.

  4. 4

    Let's classify this shape together: it has 4 sides, all equal, and 4 right angles. What is it?

  5. 5

    Drag the shapes into the correct group: 'Quadrilaterals' or 'Not quadrilaterals'.

  6. 6

    Which of these is a quadrilateral? 🟦

  7. 7

    A square has 4 equal sides and 4 right angles. What is it called?

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