Shape Sorters Unit

Question 1

triangle

Answer 1

shape with three sides and three angles

Question 2

quadrilateral

Answer 2

shape with four sides and four angles

Question 3

congruent

Answer 3

same size

Question 4

parallel

Answer 4

two lines in the same direction, they will never meet

Question 5

perpendicular

Answer 5

two lines that intersect at a right angle

Question 6

acute angle

Answer 6

angle less than 90 degrees

Question 7

right angle

Answer 7

90 degree angle, like a corner of a sheet of paper

Question 8

obtuse angle

Answer 8

angle greater than 90 degrees

Question 9

intersecting lines

Answer 9

lines that will cross at some point

Question 10

square

Answer 10

four congruent sides, four right angles

Question 11

rectangle

Answer 11

four sides, two pairs of congruent sides, opposite sides are parallel, four right angles

Question 12

parallelogram

Answer 12

four sides, opposite sides are parallel

Question 13

trapezoid

Answer 13

four sides, one set of parallel sides

Question 14

scalene triangle

Answer 14

triangle with three sides that are all different sizes, three angles are all different angles

Question 15

isosceles triangle

Answer 15

triangle with two equal sides, two equal angles

Question 16

equilateral triangle

Answer 16

triangle with all sides congruent, all angles 60 degrees