All about Shapes

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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?

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 A Square

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 How many lines of symmetry has a
Square got?
1 3 2
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 Properties of a Square
Has 4 equal sides
Has 4 equal angles
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Each angle is a right angle
Has 4 lines of symmetry
Is a regular shape
 What shape is this?

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 A Rectangle

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 How many lines of symmetry
has a Rectangle got?

1
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2
 Properties of a Rectangle
Has 2 pairs of equal sides
Has 4 equal angles
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Each angle is a right angle
Has 2 lines of symmetry
Is an irregular shape
 What shape is this?

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 A Parallelogram

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 How many lines of symmetry
has a Parallelogram got?

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None!
 Properties of a Parallelogram

Has 2 pairs of equal sides

Has 2 pairs of equal angles
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Opposite sides are parallel
Has NO lines of symmetry
Is an irregular shape
 What shape is this?

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 A Rhombus

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 How many lines of symmetry
has a Rhombus got?
1 2
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 Properties of a Rhombus
Has 4 equal sides
Has 2 pairs of equal angles
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Opposite sides are parallel
Has 2 lines of symmetry
Is an irregular shape
 What shape is this?

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 A Trapezium

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 How many lines of symmetry
has a Trapezium got?

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None!
 How many lines of symmetry
has thisTrapezium got?

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Because these angles are equal.

 Properties of a Trapezium

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Has unequal sides

One pair of opposite sides are parallel
Usually has NO lines of symmetry
Is an irregular shape
 What shape is this?

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 A Kite

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 How many lines of symmetry
has a Kite got?
1
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 Properties of a Kite
Has 2 pairs of equal sides
Has 1 pair of equal angles
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Equal sides are adjacent
Has 1 line of symmetry
Is an irregular shape
 Quadrilaterals

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Shapes with 4 sides!

 Triangles

Shapes with 3 sides!

 What type of triangle is this?

Triangles
 An Equilateral Triangle

Triangles
 How many lines of symmetry
has an Equilateral Triangle got?

1
Triangles

2 3
 Properties of an Equilateral Triangle

Has 3 equal sides

Has 3 equal angles
Triangles Each angle is a 60o angle
Has 3 lines of symmetry
Is a regular shape
 What type of triangle is this?

Triangles
 An Isosceles Triangle

Triangles
 How many lines of symmetry
has an Isosceles Triangle got?

1
Triangles
 Properties of an Isosceles Triangle

Has 2 equal sides

Has 2 equal angles
Triangles Has 1 line of symmetry
Is an irregular shape
 What type of triangle is this?

Triangles
 A Scalene Triangle

Triangles
 How many lines of symmetry
has a Scalene Triangle got?

Triangles

None!
 Properties of an Scalene Triangle

Has NO equal sides

Has NO equal angles
Triangles Has NO lines of symmetry
Is an irregular shape
 What type of triangle is this?

Triangles
 A Right Angled Triangle

Triangles
 A Right Angled Triangle is different

Triangles

It may be scalene or it may be isosceles

But it always has a right angle!

 Properties of a Right Angled Triangle

Has 1 right angle

May be an isosceles triangle
Triangles May have 1 line of symmetry
Is an irregular shape

It will be isosceles and have 1

line of symmetry when these 2
sides are equal.
 Triangles

Triangles

Shapes with 3 sides!

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 has a Hexagon?
1 4 2
Polygons

5
3
6
 Properties of a Regular
Hexagon
Has 6 equal sides
Polygons Has 6 equal angles
Has 6 lines of symmetry
 What shape is this?

Polygons
 A Pentagon

Polygons
 How many lines of symmetry has
a Pentagon?

Polygons
1
3 4
5 2
 Properties of a Regular
Pentagon
Has 5 equal sides
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