📐 Part 1: Identifying 2D Shapes

1. Circle the correct name for each shape:

Shape with 3 sides and 3 corners:

Circle (porowhita)

Triangle (tapatoru)

Square (tapawhā rite)

2. How many sides does a rectangle have?

3. Which shapes have right angles? Check all that apply:

Square (tapawhā rite)

Circle (porowhita)

Rectangle

Triangle (tapatoru)

4. Draw a pentagon and write how many sides it has:

A pentagon has _______ sides.

📦 Part 2: Exploring 3D Shapes

5. Match the 3D shape with its properties:

1. Cube

2. Sphere

3. Cylinder

4. Cone

A. Has no flat faces (mata)

B. Has 6 square faces

C. Has 2 circular faces

D. Has 1 circular face and 1 point

6. Fill in the blanks about 3D shapes:

A cube has _______ faces (mata), _______ edges (pae), and _______ vertices (pū).

The flat surfaces of a 3D shape are called _____________.

Where two faces meet is called an _____________.

7. Circle the 2D shapes you might see as faces on a rectangular prism:

Triangles

Rectangles

Circles

Pentagons

🧩 Part 3: Shape Composition and Symmetry

8. Draw how you could make a hexagon using two triangles (tapatoru):

9. Which of these shapes have lines of symmetry (taurite)? Check all that apply:

Square (tapawhā rite)

Circle (porowhita)

Triangle (tapatoru)

Rectangle

10. If you flip a triangle, what happens to its shape?

It becomes a different shape

It stays the same shape but in a different position

It becomes bigger

11. Draw a shape that can be split into 4 equal triangles:

🔍 Part 4: Shape Hunt and Problem Solving

12. Describe three objects in your classroom that are examples of 3D shapes:

13. If you roll a cylinder, slide a cube, and turn a triangle, which movements are possible?

A cylinder can roll

A cube can slide

A triangle can turn

All of the above

14. Problem solving: Sarah wants to build a tower using only shapes with flat faces. Which 3D shapes should she choose?

15. Draw and label one 2D shape and one 3D shape using both English and te reo Māori names:

2D and 3D Shapes

2D and 3D Shapes

📐 Part 1: Identifying 2D Shapes

📦 Part 2: Exploring 3D Shapes

🧩 Part 3: Shape Composition and Symmetry

🔍 Part 4: Shape Hunt and Problem Solving

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