Year 2 2D Shapes: Names, Sides and Corners Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 2 2d & 3d shapes worksheet.
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Use what you know about each shape. Sides are the straight edges. Corners are where two sides meet.
Answer: 6
A hexagon has six sides.
- Atriangle
- Bsquare
- Chexagon
Answer: square
A square has four equal sides.
Answer: 6
A hexagon has six sides, so it has 6 corners.
Answer: 5
A pentagon has five sides.
- Aoctagon
- Bhexagon
- Ccircle
Answer: circle
A circle is perfectly round.
Answer: 8
An octagon has eight sides, like a stop sign, so it has 8 corners.
Answer: 4
A square has four equal sides.
- Asquare
- Bhexagon
- Ccircle
Answer: circle
A circle is perfectly round.
- Acircle
- Bhexagon
- Cpentagon
Answer: hexagon
A hexagon has six sides.
Answer: 4
A square has four equal sides, so it has 4 corners.
- Ahexagon
- Btriangle
- Ccircle
Answer: circle
A circle is perfectly round.
- Aoctagon
- Bsquare
- Cpentagon
Answer: octagon
An octagon has eight sides, like a stop sign.
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