ABC Multiple Choice Shapes Book ( shapes game )

How many different shapes with an area of 2 square units can you make by joining dots on this grid with straight lines? Which of the two shapes has the largest area? You will be surprised! Find the loci of the goat's position as it eats the grass while tethered to the rope. On a full page in the back of your exercise book draw a perfectly regular hexagon.

How many rectangles can you find in this pattern? Can you come up with a systematic method for counting them all? Work out how many squares are there altogether in the given pattern. How many squares can be found by joining four dots on the grid? How many Triangles can you find in the diagram? How many triangles are hidden in the pattern? What strategy might you use to count them all to ensure you don't miss any out?

Find a systematic way of counting the number of triangles in the given diagram. Memorise a picture made up of geometrical shapes. The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used to help students reason about geometrical figures. Find the dimensions of a rectangle given the perimeter and area. On a full page in the back of your exercise book draw a perfectly regular pentagon.

Solve the riddle to find the name of the polygon then sum the interior angles. A "My first is in A 'My first is in Can you construct it? Calculate the areas of all the possible quadrilaterals that can be constructed by joining together dots on this grid. Can you draw 4 straight lines, without taking your pencil off the paper, which pass through all 9 roses? Find a trapezium, a triangle and a quadrilateral where all of the angles are square numbers. Write down the names of all the mathematical shapes you know.

Separate three rows of three animals using three squares. Using six pencils can you make two equal sized squares? A game to determine the mathematical item by asking questions that can only be answered yes or no. The short web address is: Pupils should be taught to measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres more Pupils should be taught to use the properties of rectangles to deduce related facts and find missing lengths and angles more Pupils should be taught to distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on reasoning about equal sides and angles more Pupils should be taught to draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles more Pupils should be taught to compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons more Pupils should be taught to recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa more Pupils should be taught to recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes more Pupils should be taught to derive and apply formulae to calculate and solve problems involving: Pupils should be taught to calculate and solve problems involving: Pupils should be taught to describe, sketch and draw using conventional terms and notations: Pupils should be taught to use the standard conventions for labelling the sides and angles of triangle ABC, and know and use the criteria for congruence of triangles more Pupils should be taught to derive and illustrate properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, and other plane figures [for example, equal lengths and angles] using appropriate language and technologies more Pupils should be taught to identify and construct congruent triangles, and construct similar shapes by enlargement, with and without coordinate grids more The range of questioning provided is excellent as are some of the images.

I rate this site as a 5! Thank you for being so creative and imaginative. The variety of material is interesting and exciting and always engages the teacher and pupils. Keep them coming please. Fantastic way to engage the pupils at the start of a lesson. My pupils say they love them!!! Only recently been discovered but is used daily with all my classes. It is particularly useful when things can be saved for further use. We all often use the starters as the pupils come in the door and get settled as we take the register.

My class and I really enjoy doing the activites. Lots of interesting discussions and questions have arisen out of the activities. Thanks for such a great resource! It is lovely to have so many different ideas to start a lesson with. Thank you very much and keep up the good work. My students would often turn up early to tackle the starter of the day as there were stamps for the first 5 finishers.

We also had a lot of fun with the fun maths. All in all your resources provoked discussion and the students had a lot of fun. I have used it with all of my ks3 and ks4 classes and they are all totally focused when counting the triangles.

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We developed it into a whole lesson and I borrowed some hats from the drama department to add to the fun! I was about to try and get together a bank of starters but time is always required elsewhere, so thank you. Keep it up and thank you! I told them in advance I would do 10 then record their percentages. This linked really well and prompted a discussion about learning styles and short term memory.

We have just started to use the 'starter-of-the-day' in our yr9 lessons to try them out before we change from a high school to a secondary school in September. This is one of the best resources on-line we have found. The kids and staff love it. Well done an thank you very much for making my maths lessons more interesting and fun. Keep up the good work". I nearly wet my pants with joy. Lovely resource for stimulating learning and getting eveyone off to a good start.

The questions are so varied I can use them with all of my classes, I even let year 13 have a go at some of them.

I like being able to access the whole month so I can use favourites with classes I see at different times of the week. They are of immence help and the students enjoy them very much. These starters have saved my time and have made my lessons enjoyable. Comment recorded on the 25 June 'Starter of the Day' page by Inger. It is so good to have such a collection. We use them for all age groups and abilities. Have particularly enjoyed KIM's game, as we have not used that for Mathematics before. Keep up the good work and thank you very much Best wishes from Inger Kisby".

To engage them I used their name and favorite football team or pop group instead of the school name. For homework, I asked each student to find a definition for the key words they had been given once they had fun trying to guess the answer and they presented their findings to the rest of the class the following day. They felt really special because the key words came from their own personal information. Comment recorded on the 18 September 'Starter of the Day' page by Mrs.

I set it as an optional piece of work for my year 11's over a weekend and one girl came up with 3 independant solutions. I don't know were I would turn to with out you! A great resource - thanks a million. This topic is aimed at the learners of basic geometry, which is the study of size, shape and position. More than other areas of mathematics this topic helps pupils to learn about the definitions and properties of basic shapes.

There are many activities provided ranging from simple shape naming games to applying more advanced formulas and theorems. The most popular activities however are those involving pupils to count the number of triangles or rectangles in patterns and come up with effective strategies and justifications for their answers.

The work pupils produce for this topic can make very good display material. The use of colour can enhance the diagrams and make the learning environment more conducive to study.

There are many connections between the mathematics of shape and Art. There are fascinating works of art based on symmetry, tessellations and transformations. Circle Parts Kim's Game: A memory game to be projected to help the whole class revise the names for the parts of a circle.

Can you make a kite shape from a single A4 size sheet of paper using only three folds? Don't let your brain be fooled by these geometric optical illusions in this online quiz. Rows and columns of dots that can be joined using straight lines to create shapes.

Name the polygons and show the number of lines and order of rotational symmetry. How to Play Show everybody how much you know by answering these questions! Get someone to help you read it and type the answers. I know you can do it! You're not logged in! Compare scores with friends on all Sporcle quizzes. You Might Also Like Vowel-less Fast Food Chains. Typing Quiz , , age , help , kid.

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