2D shapes and their properties

  • Square It
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    Square It

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

  • Parallelogram It
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    Parallelogram It

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.

  • Rhombus It
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    Rhombus It

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a rhombus.

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    Salinon

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This shape comprises four semi-circles. What is the relationship between the area of the shaded region and the area of the circle on AB as diameter?

  • Curvy areas
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    Curvy Areas

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Have a go at creating these images based on circles. What do you notice about the areas of the different sections?

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    Track Design

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Where should runners start the 200m race so that they have all run the same distance by the finish?

  • Quadarc
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    Quadarc

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Given a square ABCD of sides 10 cm, and using the corners as centres, construct four quadrants with radius 10 cm each inside the square. The four arcs intersect at P, Q, R and S. Find the area enclosed by PQRS.

  • Semi-detached
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    Semi-Detached

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    A square of area 40 square cms is inscribed in a semicircle. Find the area of the square that could be inscribed in a circle of the same radius.

  • Trapezium Four
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    Trapezium Four

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    The diagonals of a trapezium divide it into four parts. Can you create a trapezium where three of those parts are equal in area?

  • Approximating Pi
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    Approximating Pi

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    By inscribing a circle in a square and then a square in a circle find an approximation to pi. By using a hexagon, can you improve on the approximation?