Y5/6 Shape Unit 1 (56356)

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Day 1 Y5 Properties of polygons - quadrilaterals Sheet 1

Working towards ARE / Working at ARE / Greater Depth
All children attempt Q1-3
Greater Depth aim to complete the Challenge.

Day 1 Y6 Quadrilateral sort Sheet 2

Working towards ARE / Working at ARE

Day 1 Y6 Quadrilateral challenge Sheet 3

Greater Depth

Day 2 Y5 Properties of 2-D shapes Sheet 1

Working towards ARE

Day 2 Y5 Properties of polygons Sheet 2

Working at ARE / Greater Depth

Day 2 Y6 Investigating circle relationships Sheets 3 and 4

Working towards ARE / Working at ARE / Greater Depth

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 Properties of polygons - quadrilaterals
Sheet 1
1.
42
mm mm
42
What is this shape?
How do you know?
42
mm mm
42

2. a

c d
g
e

b
f
h

Use a protractor to measure the angles in these shapes.

Write them down.

What do you notice about:

i) c and d,
ii) the total of e and f,
iii) the total of g and h?

3. In your book or on the back of this sheet, draw a quadrilateral with one pair
of perpendicular sides.

Challenge
Draw two more quadrilaterals.
Measure and add up the four angles in each shape. What do you notice?

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 Quadrilateral sort
Sheet 2

A Sort each of the shapes using the diagram - what is the name of each?

Are there two pairs of parallel sides?

B
no yes

Are the diagonals Are there four

C
perpendicular to each other? right angles?

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no yes no yes
D

Are all the sides Are all the sides

the same length? the same length?

F no yes no yes

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 Quadrilateral challenge
Sheet 3

Discuss the questions below with a partner.

Write your answers in your book, and use diagrams to illustrate your answers.

Can you draw a...

1. Quadrilateral with exactly 3 right angles? If so©can you name it?
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2. Quadrilateral with exactly 2 right angles? If so can you name it?
3. Symmetrical quadrilateral with exactly 1 right angle? If so can you name it?
4. Quadrilateral with exactly 3 equal sides? If so can you name it?
5. Quadrilateral with no right angles and two pairs of equal sides that are next to each other.
If so, can you name it?
6. Quadrilateral with two pairs of opposite equal sides and no right angles. If so can you name it?
7. Trapezium with no lines of symmetry.
8. A quadrilateral with no equal sides or angles.

Challenge

Does the quadrilateral you drew in (8) tesselate?

Tesselate means that repeated copies of it fit together with no gaps.

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 Properties of 2-D shapes
Sheet 1
1. i) Which of these is a polygon? ________________
ii) Why? ________________________________

A B C D

2. Look at these shapes.

A B C D E F

Match the shapes to each description below:

A triangle: ______ and ______
A quadrilateral: ______ and ______
A pentagon: ______ and ______
A symmetrical polygon: ______, ______ and ______
A regular polygon: ______ and ______
An irregular polygon: ______, ______, ______ and ______

3. Which shape is not a hexagon? ______

A B C D

Challenge

Draw four polygons with different numbers of sides.

Label them A, B, C and D.

Make up a quiz to test whether a partner can describe and identify each,
e.g. 1. How many pairs of parallel sides does it have?
2. Name three different types of this shape.
3. How many of me do you need to build a square based pyramid?

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 Properties of polygons
Sheet 2
Complete this table by square equilateral irregular regular regular
writing a tick in each triangle pentagon hexagon pentagon octagon
box that is ‘true’.

all sides the

same length

one pair of
parallel sides

more than 1
pair of parallel
sides
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5 sides

more than
4 sides

Was there a column

less than
that was difficult to 5 vertices
complete? Why?
no perpendicular
sides

Challenge
• Sometimes, always or never? A polygon with parallel sides also has perpendicular sides.
• Draw a polygon with three sets of parallel sides... And another, with two right angles... And another, with 7 sides.
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 Investigating circle relationships
Sheet 3
Some children have been drawing and measuring circles.
They measured the radius and diameter with a ruler, then the circumference as
accurately as possible with a piece of string.
They recorded their measurements in the table below.
Kayleigh makes a good generalisation, saying, “The circumference of the circles
always gets bigger as the diameter gets bigger.”
Jay has also spotted something interesting, saying, “The circumference of the circle
with a diameter of 10cm was almost exactly 30cm – that’s neat because 30 is 3
times 10.”

Was Jay’s observation just a coincidence or is there a pattern here? Investigate the
ratio of the circumference of each circle to its diameter, filling in the last column of
the table. You can use a calculator - divide the circumference by the diameter to
give an accurate ratio.

Circle radius (cm) Diameter (cm) Circumference (cm) Ratio of

circumference:
diameter
3 6 19.2
3.9 7.8 22.9
6.5 13 40.5
2.3 4.6 14.5
5 10 30.1
8.4 16.8 53.7
7.5 15 47.8
3.5 7 22.0

Use this space to tell Jay whether he’s really onto something, or if his observation
was a coincidence after all:

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 Investigating circle relationships - Challenge!
Sheet 4
So, the ratio of the circumference to the diameter in any circle is always
approximately 3.1. This ‘constant’ value is called ‘Pi’ – the Greek letter π.
It is an irrational number – the decimal places go on and on without repeating.
The value of Pi to 2 decimal places is 3.14.

We can write this relationship in words:

The circumference (C) of a circle is equal to Pi (π) multiplied by the
diameter (d).

Or we can write a formula using symbols:

C=πxd

Taking a value of 3.1 for π (or 3.14 if you are happy multiplying with 2 decimal
places), use this formula to answer these questions:

1. What is the circumference of a circle with diameter 10cm?

2. What is the circumference of a circle with diameter 100cm?

3. What is the circumference of a circle with diameter 3cm?

4. What is the circumference of a circle with radius 4cm?

5. What is the circumference of a circle with diameter 12cm?

6. The London Eye has a radius of 70m.

Roughly how far do you travel when you go once round it?

7. A wheel is 1m round the edge and is used to measure distances.

What is the distance from the edge to the middle?

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 Shape
Answers
Day 1 Y5 Properties of polygons - quadrilaterals Sheet 1
1. Rhombus. It has four equal sides, the opposite sides are parallel and the diagonals bisect
each other at right angles.

2. a = 116° b = 60° c = 92° d = 92°

e = 86° f = 94° g = 76° h = 104°
i) c and d are equal ii) e and f add up to 180° iii) g and h add up to 180°

3. Check that the children have drawn a four-sided shape with two sides perpendicular (at right
angles) to one another.

Challenge
Check the children have drawn two more quadrilaterals and that they have noticed that all
the internal angles always add up to 360°.

Day 1 Y6 Quadrilateral sort Sheet 2

A = Parallelogram
B = Trapezoid
C = Kite
D = Square
E = Rhombus
F = Rectangle
Day 1 Y6 Quadrilateral challenge Sheet 3

1. Square or rectangale
2. There are many possibilities, each one is a form of trapezium
3. Kite
4. Could be a square, rhombus or trapezium
5. Kite
6. Parallelogram
7. Yes, various examples may be drawn
8. Yes, various examples may be drawn

Day 2 Y5 Properties of 2-D shapes Sheet 1

1. i) D
ii) It has all straight sides
Challenge
2. Match the shapes to each description:
A triangle: B and C Children should draw four polygons
A quadrilateral: A and D with different numbers of sides and
create a quiz to test whether their
A pentagon: E and F
partner can identify and describe
A symmetrical polygon: C , D and F
these shapes.
A regular polygon: D and F
An irregular polygon: A , B , C and E

3. C

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 Shape
Answers
Day 2 Y5 Properties of polygons Sheet 2

square equilateral irregular regular regular
triangle pentagon hexagon pentagon octagon

all sides the

same length ü ü ü ü ü Challenge
one pair of
parallel sides ü • A polygon with parallel sides
sometimes has perpendicular sides.
more than 1
pair of parallel ü ü ü (For example rectangles have both
sides
parallel and perpendicular sides
5 sides ü ü but the regular hexagon drawn on
the grid has parallel sides but no
more than
ü ü ü ü
4 sides
perpendicular ones).
less than
5 vertices ü ü • Children’s drawings will vary but a
shape with 3 sets of parallel sides
no perpendicular
sides ü ü ü ü will be a regular hexagon.

Day 2 Y6 Investigating circle relationships Sheet 3

Circle radius (cm) Diameter (cm) Circumference (cm) Ratio of
circumference:
diameter
3 6 19.2 3.2
3.9 7.8 22.9 2.94
6.5 13 40.5 3.12
2.3 4.6 14.5 3.15
5 10 30.1 3.01
8.4 16.8 53.7 3.2
7.5 15 47.8 3.19
3.5 7 22.0 3.14
All the ratios of circumference to diameter round to 3, therefore Jay was onto
something with his observation.

Day 2 Y6 Investigating circle relationships - Challenge! Sheet 4

1. 3.14 x 10 = 31.4cm (or 31cm if Pi is 3.1).
2. 3.14 x 100 = 314cm (or 310cm if Pi is 3.1).
3. 3.14 x 3 = 9.42cm (or 9.3cm if Pi is 3.1).
4. Diameter = 2 x 4 therefore 3.14 x 8 = 25.12cm (or 24.8cm if Pi is 3.1).
5. 3.14 x 12 = 37.68cm (or 37.2 cm if Pi is 3.1).
6. Distance once around London eye = 3.14 x 140 = 439.6m (or 434m if Pi is 3.1).
7. The distance from the edge to the middle is roughly 15.9cm (or 16.1cm if Pi is 3.1).

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