Free worksheets · Grade 1
Put Shapes Together Worksheet
Small shapes join to make a bigger one. Count the sides of the outside edge and name the big shape.
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Put Shapes Together
6 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: The dashed lines show where the small shapes join. Look only at the outside edge of the whole drawing. Count its sides and corners. Write the name of the big shape.
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About this worksheet
Shapes can be put together to make new shapes: 2 triangles can make a square, and 6 triangles can make a hexagon. Dashed lines show where the small shapes meet.
To name the new shape, a child looks only at its outside edge and counts the sides and corners. That builds the habit of naming shapes by their sides rather than by how they look at a glance.
A worked example
2 trapezoids make a ___
- Ignore the dashed line in the middle. It's where the two trapezoids meet.
- Trace the outside edge with a finger and count the sides: 6.
- Count the corners: also 6.
- A shape with 6 sides and 6 corners is a hexagon.
Answer: hexagon
The common mistake
What it looks like: Naming one of the small shapes, or counting the dashed lines as sides.
Why it happens: The small shapes are easier to see than the outline they make together.
How to fix it: Trace just the outside edge with a crayon first, then count the sides of the colored line.
Ten minutes a day, on paper. We plan what comes next.
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