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Know Your 2D Shapes: How Many Sides?

In this worksheet, students study a 2D shape then sort into one of two categories: 'Four sides', or 'Not four sides'.

'Know Your 2D Shapes: How Many Sides?' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 1

Year:  Year 2 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Geometry: Properties of Shapes

Curriculum subtopic:   Identify 2D Shapes

Popular topics:   Geometry worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

In this activity, we will be looking at the properties of shapes. 

We will have to decide which statement is true about the shape given. 

Try to think about how many sides and corners the shape has to help you. 

 

Example

 

Which statement is true about this shape?

CIRCLE

It has 4 sides

It does not have 4 sides

 

The circle is the shape that looks like the sun!

It only has one side. This means that it does not have four sides. So we choose that statement. 

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