Shape and space · Ages 6–7
Solids, flat shapes and position worksheet
Covers: 3-D shapes, Straight and curved lines, 2-D shapes, Putting shapes together, Mirror pictures, Halves and quarters, Semicircles and quarter circles, Above, below, left, right, Sorting
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Solids, flat shapes and position worksheet
Shape and space · Ages 6–7
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Write each answer in the space. For word problems, show your working and write a sentence answer.
Part A: Working out and filling in (2 marks each)
1.How many sides does this shape have?
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2.Squares in a row are made of sticks; the picture shows 2. How many sticks make 5 squares in a row like this?
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3.4 small triangles make 1 big triangle (as shown). How many small triangles make 9 big ones?
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4.12 sweets shared into two equal parts: each part is a half, sweets. Into four equal parts: each is a quarter, sweets.
Fill in each blank
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5.The picture has semicircles and quarter circles.
Fill in each blank
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Part B: Choose, or true or false (2 marks each)
6.What solid is in the picture?
- A. Triangular prism
- B. Cube
- C. Cuboid
- D. Square pyramid
Choose the right answer
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7.Which solid will roll down a slope by itself?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Choose the right picture
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8.Which one is a curved line?
- A. C
- B. B
- C. D
- D. A
Choose the right answer
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9.Through the two points 🍎 and ⚽, you can draw exactly 3 straight line(s).
True or false?
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10.Fold along the dashed line: the shaded squares on the two sides match exactly.
True or false?
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11.As you look at the shelf, the 🧊 is to the left of the 🐸.
True or false?
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12.Which number is the odd one out?
- A. 20
- B. 14
- C. 12
- D. 11
Choose the right answer
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Part C: Word problems (4 marks each)
13.A toy box holds 8 balls, 7 cube blocks and 2 cone-shaped cones. How many of the toys can roll?
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14.Ka-yee lays 7 sticks of the same length end to end in a straight line. Each is 5 cm long. How long is the line?
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15.Ka-lok puts 4 small square tiles together to make 1 big square. How many small tiles make 4 big squares?
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16.Ming builds a pattern of blocks that is symmetric left and right. 1 blocks sit on the line of symmetry and 3 are to its left. How many blocks are in the whole pattern?
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17.Ka-yan cuts out the semicircles and quarter circles in the picture, all from the same size of circle, and uses every one to make whole circles. How many circles can be made?
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18.May has 8 beads: 6 are red and the rest blue. Sorted by colour into two piles, how many are in the blue pile?
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Solids, flat shapes and position worksheet: Answers and working
Part A: Working out and filling in
1. 6 sides
Start at a corner and go round the shape, counting each side and marking it as you go.
Count the sides one by one going round: 6.
2. 16 sticks
The first square takes 4 sticks. Each square after shares a side, so how many more does it need?
The first square takes 4, and each one after only 3 more: 4 + 3 + 3 … = 16.
3. 36 triangles
Each big triangle needs 4 small ones. Count in fours, 9 times.
4 each; count in fours 9 times: 36.
4. 6, 3
Hand the 12 sweets out one at a time to two people: how many each? Then think about four people.
Hand them out one at a time to 2 people: 6 each. To 4 people: 3 each (half of a half).
5. 2, 1
Count each shape's straight edges: one means a semicircle, two means a quarter circle.
One straight edge: a semicircle, 2 of them. Two straight edges: a quarter circle, 1 of them.
Part B: Choose, or true or false
6. A. Triangular prism
Look at the shape of its ends, then check whether it comes to a point.
Look at the shape of its ends and whether it has a point.
7. A
To roll by itself, a solid needs a curved face. Check each one for a curved face.
Only a solid with a curved face can roll.
8. D. A
Imagine laying a ruler along each line: which one bends away from the ruler?
A curved line bends and won't follow a ruler.
9. False
Join the two points with a ruler. Could you draw a different straight line through both of them?
Join two points with a ruler: only one straight line goes through both.
10. True
Check square by square: for each shaded one, is the square just as far on the other side of the line shaded too?
Check square by square: every shaded square needs a shaded partner just as far from the line on the other side.
11. True
Use the 🐸 as your guide: looking from where you are, which side is the 🧊 on?
With the 🐸 as your guide, as you look: above it is the 🐟, below it the 🍓, to its left the 🧊, to its right the 🚌. The one to its left is the 🧊.
12. D. 11
Try sorting into odd and even: look at the ones digit of each number.
Sort by odd and even: three are even, only 11 is odd.
Part C: Word problems
Marking: 2 for the working, 1 for the answer, 1 for the sentence.
13. 10 toys
Only things with a curved face can roll. Which of the three kinds of toy have one?
Balls and cones have curved faces and roll; cubes don't: 8 + 2 = 10.
14. 35 cm
Each stick is 5 cm and there are 7. Count in 5s, 7 times.
Count in 5s, 7 times: 35 cm.
15. 16 tiles
Each big square needs 4 small tiles. Count in fours, 4 times.
4 to a big square; count in fours 4 times: 16.
16. 7 blocks
3 blocks on the left: how many does the mirror put on the right? Do the 1 on the line count twice?
3 on the left and 3 mirrored on the right; the 1 on the line count once: 3 + 3 + 1 = 7.
17. 1 circle
A semicircle is two quarter circles. Count every semicircle as two quarters, then count them all.
A semicircle is 2 quarter circles: count each semicircle as two quarters, then group in fours: 1 circles.
18. 2 beads
The 8 beads split into a red pile and a blue pile, with 6 red. The rest are blue.
8 − 6 = 2.
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