2D shapes and their properties

Arrange any number of counters from these 18 on the grid to make a rectangle. What numbers of counters make rectangles? How many different rectangles can you make with each number of counters?

Can you help the children in Mrs Trimmer's class make different shapes out of a loop of string?

How can these shapes be cut in half to make two shapes the same shape and size? Can you find more than one way to do it?

These pictures were made by starting with a square, finding the half-way point on each side and joining those points up. You could investigate your own starting shape.

An activity making various patterns with 2 × 1 rectangular tiles.

What shaped overlaps can you make with two circles which are the same size?

Look at the mathematics that is all around us - this circular window is a wonderful example.

If these balls are put on a line with each ball touching the one in front and the one behind, which arrangement makes the shortest line of balls?

In this game, you turn over two cards and try to draw a triangle which has both properties.

Can you match the Venn diagram with the Carroll diagram that shows the same information?