Make and draw shapes with and without parallel and perpendicular sides

Maths

In this unit pupils will investigate ways to compose and decompose polygons. They will investigate quadrilaterals with and without parallel and perpendicular sides. In the future unit pupil will learn perimeter as the distance around the edge of a 2D shape. They will learn perimeter is measured in units of length found by counting units and by calculating by adding the side lengths of a 2D shape.

In the prior unit pupils rotated two lines around a fixed point to make different sized angles. They identified vertices. In this unit pupils will investigate ways to compose and decompose polygons. They will investigate quadrilaterals with and without parallel and perpendicular sides.

Parallel and perpendicular sides in polygons (and perimeter)

A shape composed of two or more other shapes.

This is an example of a compound shape. What is a compound shape?

Lucas composes a shape from two polygons. Name one of the polygons the new shape is composed of.

Lucas composes a shape from two polygons How many pairs of perpendicular sides does his new shape have? {{ }} pair(s)

Lucas composes a shape from two polygons How many pairs of parallel sides does his new shape have?

Lucas draws this shape on isometric paper. Name the shape Lucas has drawn.

True or false? This shape has no pairs of parallel sides and no pairs of perpendicular sides.

Match the shape name to the number of vertices it has.

Tick the shapes with at least one pair of perpendicular sides.

Complete the sentence. This quadrilateral has {{ }} pair(s) of parallel sides.

Complete the sentence. This polygon has {{ }} pair(s) of perpendicular sides.

True or false? Triangles cannot have any sides that are perpendicular.

Starter Quiz