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Shapes in Space

Alex and Anh are exploring the shape displays at a science museum. Look carefully, count sides and corners, and solve each mission. For this worksheet, a corner is where straight sides meet.

Mission 1: Explore the exhibits

1.At the museum, Charlie finds a round planet model. Which flat shape is round and has no straight sides?

Circle
Square
Triangle

2.Anh counts the straight sides of a triangle on a display card. How many sides does it have?

3.The spaceship has square windows. Tick the statement that is true about a square.

It has 4 straight sides, all the same length.
It has 3 straight sides.
It has no straight sides.

4.A museum sign is a rectangle. How many corners does a rectangle have?

5.Which two shapes both have 4 straight sides?

Square and rectangle
Circle and triangle
Triangle and circle

Mission 2: Shape spotting and sorting

6.Alex sees a circular control button and a triangular warning sign. Which one has straight sides?

The circular button
The triangular sign
Both

7.Match each shape to its number of straight sides.

Triangle
Square
Circle

4 sides
0 straight sides
3 sides

8.A display has 2 triangles. How many shapes are on the display altogether?

9.Draw a rectangle in the box. Then write how many straight sides and corners it has.

10.A spaceship has a rectangle body, a triangle nose, square windows and round thrusters. Name one shape in this description that has no straight sides.