Shapes Flashcards
What do we call a shape with 10 sides?
Decagon
What do we call a shape with 5 sides?
Pentagon
What do we call a shape with 6 sides?
Hexagon
What do we call a shape with 3 sides?
Triangle
What do we call a shape with 4 sides?
Quadrilateral
What do we call a shape with 7 sides?
Heptagon
What do we call a shape with 9 sides?
Nonagon
What do we call a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and the same length?
Parallelogram
What do we call a quadrilateral with only two sides parallel?
Trapezium
What do we call a quadrilateral with four right angles, and opposite sides parallel and the same length?
Rectangle
What do we call a parallelogram with all sides equal
Rhombus
What do we call a shape with two pairs of adjacent equal sides?
Kite
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What shapes do they make?
Rectangular Prism, Cylinder, Cone, Triangular Based Pyramid, Square Based Pyramid, Triangular Prism.
How many faces does a cube have?
6
How many faces does a square-based pyramid have?
5
How many lines of symmetry are there in a stinkbug?
1
How many lines of symmetry are there in a four-leaf clover?
4 - up, down, and the two diagonals
What is shape translation or sliding?
Moving the entire shape to the left, right, up or down
What is another name for shape reflection?
Flipping
Draw a reflection to the right.
/ => \
Draw a downward reflection.
p => b
What is another name for shape rotation?
Turning
Rotate this shape to the right: Ш
E
Rotate this shape to the left:↗
↖
What is a tesselation?
A pattern in which shapes are repeated?
