Count sides on 2D A has sides.
shapes
d)
1 Complete the
A has sides.
sentences to describe
2 Tick the 4-sided
the shapes. shapes.
a)
A pentagon has sides.
b)
A triangle has sides.
Did your partner tick the
same shapes?
c)
3 Tick the 6-sided
shapes.
Compare answers with a partner.
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4 Complete the table. 3
Number
Name Shape of
sides pentagon
6
square Is Amir correct?
This shape is a triangle.
This shape is a triangle.
8
5
How do you know?
6 Use 15 lolly sticks to make three shapes.
Draw your shapes.
Did your partner make the same shapes?
What happens if you use more or fewer lolly sticks?
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Count vertices on c)
2D shapes
A has vertices.
1 Complete the
d)
sentences to describe
the shapes.
a)
A has vertices.
2 Tick the shapes with 4
vertices.
A pentagon has vertices.
b)
A triangle has vertices.
Compare answers with a 5 My shape has more
partner.
vertices than a triangle,
but fewer than a
3 Tick the shapes with 6
hexagon.
vertices.
What shape could Ron
have?
Compare answers with a
partner.
6 Rosie is making a
pattern out of shapes.
a) How many vertices are
in each term of
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4 How many vertices
does each shape have?
a) b) c) d) e) f) How did
you count the vertices? b) What do you notice?
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c) How many vertices will
the next term have?
Count faces on 3D
shapes
d) Create your own 1 Match the shapes to the
pattern with shapes. faces.
2 Complete the table.
Count the number of
vertices in each term.
Number
Shape Name of
faces
3 My shape has
one curved surface.
What shape is Jack describing?
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4 Match the description to 4 triangular faces
the shape.
1 circular face and
5 A cube is the
1 curved surface
only 3D shape with 6
faces.
2 circular faces and
Alex has made a mistake.
1 curved surface
Name another 3D shape
that has 6 faces.
6 Dexter has 5 of the
same 3D shapes. She has 60 stickers.
In total, my shapes
have 10 circular faces.
What shapes has Dexter
got?
Dexter has got 5
Dora can cover cubes in
stickers.
7 Dora wants to put a sticker on each face of
some cubes.
How many cubes can she cover in stickers?
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Count edges on 3D d)
shapes
edges
2 Complete the table.
1 How many edges does Number
Shape Name of
each shape have? edges
a)
edges
b)
edges
c)
edges
3 more edges than faces.
3D shapes always have Number of faces
Do you agree?
Why?
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4 Use the clues to label number of edges
as a cube
the shape with the
has faces.
correct letter.
• The edges of shape D
are all the
same length.
5 Write the name of two
3D shapes that have
the same number of
edges.
• Shape A has an odd and
number of edges.
6
• Shape B has the most
edges.
• Shape C has the same
Do you agree with Teddy? Why do you think this?
Why?
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A cube has 6 faces and
7 This hexagonal prism 12 edges, so a square-
has 18 edges. based pyramid must
have 5 faces and 10
edges. The number of
edges is always double
the number of faces.
A cube has 6 faces and
12 edges, so a square-
How many edges do you
think a pentagonal prism
based pyramid must
has? have 5 faces and 10
edges. The number of
edges is always double
the number of faces.
Count vertices on 3D shapes
1 How many vertices does each shape have?
a)
vertices
b)
vertices
c)
vertices
d)
vertices
2 Complete the table.
Number
Shape Name
of vertices
Write the name of a different 3D shape with no vertices.
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3 Write the shapes in order of the number
of vertices.
Start with the shape that has the fewest vertices.
ABCD
4 Complete the sentences.
more fewer
a) A cube has vertices than
a sphere.
b) A sphere has vertices than
a cone.
c) A triangular prism has vertices than a cuboid.
fewest most
5 Match each shape to the correct label.
< 5 vertices
= 5 vertices
> 5 vertices
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Sort 2D shapes
1 Draw lines to sort the shapes into groups.
triangles pentagons
2 How have the shapes been sorted?
3 Eva sorts some shapes.
triangles hexagons
a) Is Eva correct?
How do you know?
b) Draw a group of three different pentagons.
pentagons
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4 a) Sort the shapes in shapes in each group.
order of the number
shapes with 4 sides
of sides.
Start with the shape that
has the fewest sides.
ABCDE fewest
5 Draw three different most
b) Sort the shapes in order of the number
of vertices.
Start with the shape that has the fewest vertices.
ABCDE
fewest most
c) What do you notice about your answers
to part a) and part b)?
shapes with an odd number of vertices
shapes with an even number of sides
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Sort 3D shapes has a curved surface
3 Tick the shape that
could go in both groups.
1 Circle the odd one out
in each group
and complete the
sentences.
a) even number of vertices
odd number of faces
The odd one out is a .
b)
4 How have the shapes
The odd one out is a . been grouped?
2 Tick the shape that
could go in the group.
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5 Write the name of a 3D
shapes to go in each
shape that could go
group?
in each group. 6 a) Draw lines to sort the
shapes into two groups.
has 5 vertices
Group B Group A
has 12 edges
has 1 curved surface
b) Give each of your
groups a label.
Group A:
Group B:
Compare answers with a partner.
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b)
Make patterns with 2D shapes
2 Tick the shapes that fit in each pattern.
a)
1 Draw the next two shapes in each pattern.
b) What is the name of the
a)b)c)
10th shape in
3 My pattern goes:
circle, triangle, square,
then it repeats.
a) Draw the first 9 shapes
in Rosie’s pattern.
the pattern?
c) What is the name of the shape to the
right of the 5th shape?
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4 Mo makes a pattern What could Mo’s pattern
using 4 rectangles, be?
4 triangles and 4 circles. Draw two different
possibilities. For example: circle,
rectangle, rectangle,
circle, rectangle,
rectangle ...
,,,,
,,,.
5 Draw the 10th shape for
each pattern.
a)b)
6 Write your own You may want to practise
repeating pattern of on a whiteboard.
shapes.
Swap with a partner and draw each other’s patterns.
7 Draw a shape in each box to make a
repeating pattern.
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Make patterns with a) Write the name of the
3D shapes 4th shape in
the pattern.
1 Draw the next shape in
each pattern.
b) What would the 13th
shape in the
pattern be?
a)b)c)d)e)
2 What is the name of the
3rd shape in
the pattern?
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4 Tick the row that shows
the pattern.
a) cube, sphere, cone,
cube, sphere, cone
3 Here is a pattern made
with 3D shapes.
b) cylinder, pyramid, a) What pattern could Eva
pyramid, cylinder, make?
pyramid, pyramid
5 Eva is making a pattern
using these shapes.
b) Can you arrange Eva’s shapes to make a
symmetrical pattern?
c) Compare answers with a partner.
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