Remember: Join shapes with no gaps to make a new shape. Then you can join that one too.
Put shapes together
Slide shapes together so their sides touch.
1
Pip slides two squares together, side by side. Which shape do they make?
trianglehexagonrectangle
2
Pip cuts a square along the dashed line. What are the two pieces?
two squarestwo trianglestwo circles
3
How many small squares make this rectangle?
4
Pip joins small squares to make one big square. How many small squares are there?
5
Two squares side by side make a triangle.
TrueFalse
6
Pip slides three triangles together in a row. Which shape do they make?
squaretrapezoidcircle
7
Each square is cut into 2 triangles. How many triangles make this big rectangle?
8
Each square is cut into 2 triangles. How many triangles make this big square?
9
Join the pieces to the new shape.
12 squares
24 squares
33 triangles in a row
Aa trapezoid
Ba rectangle
Ca big square
10
When shapes join, there are no gaps and none on top.
TrueFalse
11
Draw a line to cut this square into 2 triangles.
12
Join 2 shapes of your own. Write the name of the new shape.
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Answer key · Set A
Join them up
1rectangle Two squares side by side make a longer shape with 4 sides: a rectangle.
2two triangles The dashed line goes from corner to corner. Each piece has 3 sides: a triangle.
36 Count the squares: 3 in a row and 2 rows make 6.
44 2 in a row and 2 rows make 4.
5False Two squares make a rectangle. A triangle has only 3 sides.
6trapezoid Three triangles in a row make a trapezoid with 4 sides.
74 The rectangle has 2 squares. 2 triangles for each one is 2 + 2 = 4.
88 The big square has 4 small squares. 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8 triangles.
91-B, 2-C, 3-A
10True Pieces that join touch along their sides. They do not leave gaps or sit on top of each other.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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