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Properties of Shapes KS2

This collection is one of our Primary Curriculum collections - tasks that are grouped by topic.

Sorting Logic Blocks

This activity focuses on similarities and differences between shapes.

Seeing Squares

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

Four Triangles Puzzle

Cut four triangles from a square as shown in the picture. How many different shapes can you make by fitting the four triangles back together?

Triple Cubes

This challenge involves eight three-cube models made from interlocking cubes. Investigate different ways of putting the models together then compare your constructions.

The Third Dimension

Here are four cubes joined together. How many other arrangements of four cubes can you find? Can you draw them on dotty paper?

Square Corners

What is the greatest number of counters you can place on the grid below without four of them lying at the corners of a square?

Use the information on these cards to draw the shape that is being described.

How Safe Are You?

How much do you have to turn these dials by in order to unlock the safes?

Building Blocks

Here are some pictures of 3D shapes made from cubes. Can you make these shapes yourself?

Six Places to Visit

Can you describe the journey to each of the six places on these maps? How would you turn at each junction?

Diagonally Square

Ayah conjectures that the diagonals of a square meet at right angles. Do you agree? How could you find out?

Counters in the Middle

This task depends on groups working collaboratively, discussing and reasoning to agree a final product.

Always, Sometimes or Never? Shape Live

Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?

National Flags

This problem explores the shapes and symmetries in some national flags.

Let Us Reflect

Where can you put the mirror across the square so that you can still "see" the whole square? How many different positions are possible?

Round a Hexagon

This problem shows that the external angles of an irregular hexagon add to a circle.

Nine-pin Triangles

How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?

Investigate the different shaped bracelets you could make from 18 different spherical beads. How do they compare if you use 24 beads?

Name That Triangle!

Can you sketch triangles that fit in the cells in this grid? Which ones are impossible? How do you know?

Where Are They?

Use the isometric grid paper to find the different polygons.

Guess What?

Can you find out which 3D shape your partner has chosen before they work out your shape?

The Numbers Give the Design

Make new patterns from simple turning instructions. You can have a go using pencil and paper or with a floor robot.

A Puzzling Cube

Here are the six faces of a cube - in no particular order. Here are three views of the cube. Can you deduce where the faces are in relation to each other and record them on the net of this cube?

Seeing Parallelograms

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.

Seeing Rhombuses

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a rhombus.

Arranging Cubes

A task which depends on members of the group working collaboratively to reach a single goal.

Move Those Halves

For this task, you'll need an A4 sheet and two A5 transparent sheets. Decide on a way of arranging the A5 sheets on top of the A4 sheet and explore ...

Overlapping Again

What shape is the overlap when you slide one of these shapes half way across another? Can you picture it in your head? Use the interactivity to check your visualisation.

Egyptian Rope

The ancient Egyptians were said to make right-angled triangles using a rope with twelve equal sections divided by knots. What other triangles could you make if you had a rope like this?

Shapes on the Playground

Sally and Ben were drawing shapes in chalk on the school playground. Can you work out what shapes each of them drew using the clues?

Making Cuboids

Let's say you can only use two different lengths - 2 units and 4 units. Using just these 2 lengths as the edges how many different cuboids can you make?

A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

Sponge Sections

You have been given three shapes made out of sponge: a sphere, a cylinder and a cone. Your challenge is to find out how to cut them to make different shapes for printing.

Stringy Quads

This practical problem challenges you to make quadrilaterals with a loop of string. You'll need some friends to help!

Each of the nets of nine solid shapes has been cut into two pieces. Can you see which pieces go together?

Can you dissect an equilateral triangle into 6 smaller ones? What number of smaller equilateral triangles is it NOT possible to dissect a larger equilateral triangle into?

Quadrilaterals

How many DIFFERENT quadrilaterals can be made by joining the dots on the 8-point circle?

Triangles All Around

Can you find all the different triangles on these peg boards, and find their angles?

Symmetry Challenge

How many symmetric designs can you make on this grid? Can you find them all?

Reflector ! Rotcelfer

Can you place the blocks so that you see the reflection in the picture?

Olympic Turns

This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.

Board Block Challenge

Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?

Making Spirals

Can you make a spiral for yourself? Explore some different ways to create your own spiral pattern and explore differences between different spirals.

Estimating Angles

How good are you at estimating angles?

Stick Images

This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.

What Shape?

This task develops spatial reasoning skills. By framing and asking questions a member of the team has to find out what mathematical object they have chosen.

Making Rectangles

This cube has ink on each face which leaves marks on paper as it is rolled. Can you work out what is on each face and the route it has taken?

What can you see? What do you notice? What questions can you ask?

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3D Shape Flash Cards (SB570)

A set of double- sided printable flash cards (4- to- a- page) showing common 3D shapes.  The shape names can be printed on the reverse of each card.

3D Shape Dominoes (SB3547)

A set of printable dominoes featuring 3D shapes.

3D Shape Fan (SB1418)

A printable set of fan segments featuring 3D shapes.  Print on card, laminate, and assemble into pupil fans with a split pin.

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3D Shapes in Our Environment Photo Set (SB8436)

A set of photos showing 3D shapes found in the world around us.

15cm x 15cm 3D Shape Cards (SB810)

A set of 7 printable cards with common coloured 3D shapes.  Each card is 15cm by 15cm and can be printed and laminated for all sorts of card- based activities.

Pixie Robot 3D Shape Cards (SB811)

A set of 7 printable cards with common coloured 3D shapes.  Each card is 11cm by 11cm for use with a Pixie robot - but they can be printed and laminated for all sorts of other card- based activities.

3D Shape Information Posters (SB5976)

A colourful set of printable posters with information about 3D shapes.  They explain the properties of 3D shapes such as faces, indices and how they are measured, together with fact and question sheets about prisms and polyhedrons.

3D Shape Survey Pictogram Squares (SB10317)

Printable squares featuring different 2D shapes.  Ideal for use when creating a pictogram to showing the results of a ‘favourite shape’ class survey.

3D Shape Bingo Boards (SB625)

A set of 6 printable A4- sized bingo boards featuring colourful 3D shapes.

3D Shapes Playdough Mats (SB5064)

A set of printable playdough mats where children make various playdough 3D shapes.

3D Shapes A4 Page Borders (SB6435)

Portrait and landscape 3D shapes A4 page borders.  Includes editable Microsoft Word templates as well as resizable JPG images.

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3D Shape Posters (SB1199)

A set of 7 A4- sized printable posters featuring common 3D shapes.

‘Wheels on the bus...’ 3D Shapes Properties Worksheets (SB7875)

Simple worksheets linked to the song, ‘The Wheels on the Bus...’.  Children identify shapes which roll (go ‘round and round’) and shapes that slide.

3D Shape Parcels (SB3377)

Different shaped parcels for sorting games.  Great for use in a Post Office role- play situation.  Can be sorted by shape and also by the colour of stamp.

3D Shapes A4 Page Templates (SB6436)

Microsoft Word templates featuring the common 3D shapes.  Could be used as writing templates for shape poems or as class maths group templates.

3D Shape Christmas Presents (SB1115)

A set 7 Christmas presents in the common 3D shapes.

3D Shapes- Themed Group Table Signs (SB1587)

Print out these foldable tabletop signs for use with your classroom groupings.  Print on card, laminate and fold.  Great as maths group signs.

3D Shapes- Themed Group Signs - A4 (SB1588)

Print out these A4 signs for use on your class group displays.  Great as maths group signs.

3D Shapes Editable Peg Labels (SB5650)

A set of editable peg labels (10 per page) featuring various 3D shapes.  Ideal for use in your cloakroom area or for pupil drawers.

3D Shape Class Group Table Signs

3D Shapes- Themed Pupil Target and Achievement Sheets (SB7042)

Editable target sheets (for Microsoft Word) with the text ‘I am learning to...’, ‘My next goal is...’ and ‘I can...’.  Each sheet has space for 10 targets.

3D Shapes and Properties Matching Cards (SB6826)

A set of printable cards with 3D shapes and corresponding properties for matching games or discussion.

3D Shape Christmas Tree Baubles (SB11702)

A set of different- coloured cut- out Christmas tree baubles in basic 3D shapes.

‘Wheels on the bus...’ Properties of 3D Shapes Visual Aids (Ref: SB7874)

Posters that aid discussion about how some shapes roll (like the wheels of the bus) and some shapes slide (like blades on ice skates.

‘Wheel on the bus’ 3D Shape Properties Worksheets.

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2D and 3D Shapes Worksheet and Explanation

We’ve structured this information to help children with their education. It is targeted at children in years 5 and 6 and the questions for the worksheet have been stripped from past papers. Having an understanding of 2D and 3D shapes is part of the primary school curriculum and children will deal with 2D and 3D shapes in both KS1 and KS2.

The Information below will give an overview of the topic and we have included a detailed worksheet with full answers. The worksheet includes 30 2D and 3D shapes questions and is relevant for KS2 pupils approaching their SATS test.

Download Free 2D and 3D Shapes Worksheet – Questions

Download free 2d and 3d shapes worksheet – answers.

If you are not ready to download the worksheets yet, then read on for some information about 2D and 3D shapes. This has provided to introduce the topics covered in the worksheet for those that might be unfamiliar but also as a quick revision tool for those that would like a quick refresher before accessing the worksheet.

2D and 3D Shapes Explained

What are 2d shapes.

2d Shapes are flat shapes and are the shapes children are first exposed to, these include:

Square, Triangle, Circle, Pentagon, Hexagon, Octagon, Rectangle

What are 3d Shapes?

3d shapes are three dimensional. So rather than a flat square the 3d shape would be a cube, rather than a circle the 3d shape would be a sphere, rather than a triangle a 3d shape equivalent might be a pyramid.

3d shapes include the following:

Cube, Sphere, Cylinder, Pentagonal Pyramid, Hexagonal Prism, Triangular Prism, Square based pyramid.

What should children be learning about 2d and 3d shapes in KS1

Children will become aware of both 2d and 3d shapes and will learn to recognise some of the more common ones. So for instance they may learn 2 shapes like rectangles, circles , triangles and squares. And they may learn 3d shapes such as cuboids, spheres and pyramids.

They will then go on to learn some of the properties of these shapes. They’ll begin to work on symmetry and reflection of shapes. They’ll become familiar with terms such as edges, faces and vertices, and they’ll work on rotating shapes through a right angle.

What will children learn about 2d and 3d shapes in KS2

KS2 work involves becoming much more familiar with the properties of 2d shapes and 3d shapes.

Children will start with doing some more work on rotations and then will learn about horizontal and vertical lines and whether these are perpendicular or parallel. This work helps them to understand the properties of shapes and how they are made. Children will draw lots of shapes to re-enforce their learning.

The work on lines of symmetry will continue in addition to some work understanding shapes in terms of their interior and exterior angles.

Once children have learnt the basic relationships between angles and shapes they will move on to estimating angle sizes of acute, obtuse and reflex angles and they’ll work on identifying angle sizes with only partial information being given.

Towards the end of KS2 this work will be brought together and revised so that children have an in-depth knowledge of 2d and 3d shapes so that they can describe them, draw them and discuss angles within shapes and lines of symmetry. They will be able to name a series of shapes and identify the key elements of those shapes.

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3D shapes - An Interactive Investigation.KS2, KS3.

Subject: Mathematics

Age range: 7-11

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Last updated

16 July 2020

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