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Building and naming shapes from their properties

Year 6 · Upper Key Stage 2 · 6G-1 — Draw, compose and decompose shapes according to given properties

Draft — awaiting teacher review

Builds on: Polygons, symmetry and perimeter (Year 4), Angles and geometric properties (Year 6)

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Concept Anchor

A parallelogram has two pairs of parallel sides. A trapezium has exactly one pair. A rhombus has four equal sides. A square is a rhombus with right angles.

Worked example

Join two identical right-angled triangles along their longest sides.

  1. 1.The two right angles end up opposite each other.
  2. 2.The four corners are all right angles.
  3. 3.Opposite sides are equal: it is a rectangle.
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Guided Check

A quadrilateral has two pairs of parallel sides and no right angles. Name one shape it could be.

    III

    Independent Diagnostic Practice

    Q1Year 66G-1 — Compose a shape·Fluency·●●○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    Two identical right-angled triangles are joined along their longest sides, with the right angles opposite. What shape do they make?

    Q2Year 66G-1 — Name a shape from its properties·Reasoning·●●○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    Which quadrilateral has exactly one pair of parallel sides?

    Q3Year 66G-1 — Use properties to identify·Problem Solving·●●●Draft — awaiting teacher review

    A shape has four equal sides but no right angles. What is it?