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Shape Sides and Measurement
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Shape Sides and Measurement
At a dance competition, Ivy and Jarrah are planning stage decorations. Solve each shape and perimeter challenge. Show your working where you can.
Shape detectives
Identify the polygons by their sides and properties.
1.Ivy chooses a five-sided stage badge. What is the name of this polygon?
2.Jarrah says, “A hexagon has 6 sides and an octagon has 8 sides.” Is Jarrah correct? Explain briefly.
3.Which of these shapes always has four equal sides?
- Rectangle
- Square
- Triangle
- Pentagon
4.A regular decagonal floor marker has 10 sides. What is the name of a polygon with 9 sides?
Measure the stage decorations
Perimeter is the total distance around the outside of a shape.
5.A square floor decal has a perimeter of 28 cm. How long is one side?
6.A rectangular stage mat is 9 m long and 4 m wide. Find its perimeter.
7.Each side of a regular triangular spotlight frame is 15 cm. What is its perimeter?
8.A regular pentagon-shaped sign has a perimeter of 40 cm. How long is each side?
One tricky joined shape
Two rectangles are joined along a complete shared edge. Count only the outside edges when finding the perimeter.
9.Ivy joins a 6 cm by 4 cm rectangle to a 5 cm by 4 cm rectangle along their 4 cm sides. What is the perimeter of the new 11 cm by 4 cm rectangle? Show how you worked it out.
10.Jarrah has 24 m of ribbon to outline a rectangular dance mat. One side is 8 m long. How long is the other side? Write an equation or explain your reasoning.
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