Shapes

All about Shapes
Properties of Shapes
Number of sides
Number of angles
Number of lines of symmetry
Regular or irregular
Right Angles
Parallel lines
Shapes
Triangles
Quadrilaterals
Polygons
Regular Shapes
Key Words
Quadrilaterals
Shapes with 4 sides!

What shape is this?
Quadrilaterals
A Square
Quadrilaterals
How many lines of symmetry does
a square have?
1 3 2
Quadrilaterals
4
Properties of a Square
 Has 4 equal sides
 Has 4 equal angles
Quadrilaterals
 Each angle is a right angle
 Has 4 lines of symmetry
 Is a regular shape
What shape is this?
Quadrilaterals
A Rectangle
Quadrilaterals
How many lines of symmetry
does a rectangle have?
1
Quadrilaterals
2
Properties of a Rectangle
 Has 2 pairs of equal sides
Quadrilaterals
 Each angle is a right angle
 Is an irregular shape
What shape is this?
Quadrilaterals
A Parallelogram
Quadrilaterals
does a parallelogram have?
Quadrilaterals
None!
Properties of a Parallelogram

 Has 2 pairs of equal angles
Quadrilaterals
 Opposite sides are parallel
 Has NO lines of symmetry
What shape is this?
Quadrilaterals
A Rhombus
Quadrilaterals
does a rhombus have?
1 2
Quadrilaterals
Properties of a Rhombus
 Has 2 pairs of equal angles
Quadrilaterals
 Opposite sides are parallel
What shape is this?
Quadrilaterals
A Trapezoid
Quadrilaterals
does a trapezoid have?
Quadrilaterals
None!
does this trapezoid have ?
Quadrilaterals 1
Because these angles are equal.

Properties of a Trapezoid
Quadrilaterals
 Has unequal sides

One pair of opposite sides are parallel
 Usually has NO lines of symmetry
What shape is this?
Quadrilaterals
A diamond
Quadrilaterals
does a diamond have?
1
Quadrilaterals
Properties of a diamond
 Has 1 pair of equal angles
Quadrilaterals
 Equal sides are adjacent
 Has 1 line of symmetry
Quadrilaterals
Quadrilaterals

Triangles

What type of triangle is this?
Triangles
An Equilateral Triangle
Triangles
does an equilateral triangle
have?
1
Triangles
2 3
Properties of an Equilateral Triangle

Triangles  Each angle is a 60o angle
 Is a regular shape
Triangles
An Isosceles Triangle
Triangles
does an Isosceles Triangle
have?
1
Triangles
Properties of an Isosceles Triangle

Triangles Has 1 line of symmetry
Triangles
A Scalene Triangle
Triangles
does a scalene triangle have?
Triangles
None!
Properties of an Scalene Triangle
 Has NO equal sides

 Has NO equal angles
Triangles Has NO lines of symmetry
Triangles
A right triangle
Triangles
Properties of a right triangle
 Has 1 right angle

 May be an isosceles triangle
Triangles May have 1 line of symmetry
It will be isosceles and have 1

line of symmetry when these 2
sides are equal.
Triangles
Triangles

Key Words
 Regular Shape
 Parallel
 Perpendicular
 Vertex
 Diagonal
 Bisect
Regular Shape
Shapes are regular when
 All their sides are the same length
 All their angles are the same size

Parallel
Lines are parallel
when they are always the

same distance apart.
Perpendicular
Lines are perpendicular
when they meet at right

angles.
Vertex
A Vertex is a corner of a
shape where two lines meet.
Diagonal
A Diagonal is a straight line
that joins one corner (vertex)
of a shape to a non adjacent
corner (vertex)
Bisect
A line that cuts a shape
exactly in half, Bisects the
shape
Key Words
 Regular Shape
 Parallel
 Perpendicular
 Vertex
 Diagonal
 Bisect
Polygons
Shapes with many

sides!
What shape is this?
Polygons
A Hexagon
Polygons
How many lines of
symmetry does a hexagon
have?
4
1 2
Polygons
5
3
6
Properties of a Regular
Hexagon
Polygons  Has 6 equal angles
Has 6 lines of symmetry
What shape is this?
Polygons
A Pentagon
Polygons
does a pentagon have?
Polygons
1
3 4
5 2
Properties of a Regular
Pentagon
Polygons  Has 5 equal angles
Has 5 lines of symmetry
Polygons
Polygons
Shapes with many

sides!
Lines of Symmetry - Look at these shapes
Can you suggest a rule?

Regular shapes
 All the sides are the same length

Regular
Shapes
 All the angles are equal
 Have the same number of lines of

symmetry as the number of sides
Look at these shapes
Regular
Shapes
Heptagon Octagon
How many lines of symmetry?

Lines of symmetry
Regular
Shapes
Heptagon Octagon
7 8
Lines of symmetry
Regular
Shapes
Heptagon Octagon
7 8

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All about Shapes

Shapes with 4 sides!

 Has 2 pairs of equal sides

Because these angles are equal.

 Has unequal sides

Shapes with 4 sides!

Shapes with 3 sides!

 Has 3 equal sides

 Has 2 equal sides

 Has NO equal sides

 Has 1 right angle

It will be isosceles and have 1

Shapes with 3 sides!

 All their sides are the same length

 All their angles are the same size

when they are always the

when they meet at right

Shapes with many

Shapes with many

Can you suggest a rule?

 All the sides are the same length

 Have the same number of lines of

How many lines of symmetry?

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