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Shapes and Symmetry Worksheet

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Shapes and Symmetry Worksheet

Shapes and Symmetry Worksheet

Colourful 2D shapes illustration

🔺 Part 1: Shape Identification

1. Circle the shapes that have 3 corners:

Triangle (tapatoru)

Square (tapawhā rite)

Circle

Rectangle

2. How many sides does a square have?

2 sides

3 sides

4 sides

5 sides

3. Fill in the blanks:

A circle has _____ corners and _____ sides.

A rectangle has _____ corners and _____ sides.

🪞 Part 2: Lines of Symmetry

4. Draw a line of symmetry on each shape:

Draw a square, triangle, and rectangle above, then add symmetry lines

5. Which shapes have lines of symmetry? Check all that apply:

Butterfly

Heart

Letter A

Letter B

6. Complete the symmetrical pattern:

Draw the missing half to make it symmetrical

🧩 Part 3: Composing and Decomposing Shapes

7. How many triangles can you make from one square?

1 triangle

2 triangles

3 triangles

4 triangles

8. Draw how you can make a rectangle using two squares:
9. Which smaller shapes could you use to make a hexagon? Check all that apply:

6 triangles

3 diamonds

2 circles

2 trapezoids

🔄 Part 4: Transformations (Flip, Slide, Turn)

10. Match the transformation words with their meanings:
1. Flip
2. Slide
3. Turn
A. Move without changing direction
B. Rotate around a point
C. Mirror image
11. If you flip a triangle, what happens to its shape?

It becomes a square

It stays a triangle

It becomes a circle

It disappears

12. Draw what happens when you turn this shape:

Draw an arrow pointing right, then show it after a quarter turn

🎨 Part 5: Creative Shape Activities

13. Design a symmetrical butterfly using only triangles and circles:
14. Fill in the blanks with shape vocabulary:

When I _______ a shape, I make a mirror image.

A square has four equal _______ and four _______.

The Māori word for square is _____________.

The Māori word for triangle is _____________.

15. Create a pattern using squares and triangles that has a line of symmetry:
16. Explain how you would make a big triangle using smaller triangles:

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