Which shape has four equal sides and all right angles?
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Square
It is a special case of the rectangle.
💡 Did you know? All four corners are 90°.
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Which shape has four right angles but not necessarily equal sides?
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Rectangle
Opposite sides are equal.
💡 Did you know? A sheet of paper is a rectangle.
Which shape has three corners and three sides?
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Triangle
Its interior angles add up to 180°.
💡 Did you know? It is the most stable basic shape in building.
Which shape is round, with all edge points equidistant from the centre?
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Circle
The distance to the centre is the radius.
💡 Did you know? It has no corners.
What is a polygon with five corners called?
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Pentagon
The US defence building has this shape.
💡 Did you know? “Penta” is Greek for “five”.
What is a polygon with six corners called?
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Hexagon
Honeycombs are hexagonal.
💡 Did you know? Hexagons tile a plane without gaps.
What is a polygon with eight corners called?
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Octagon
The stop sign is octagonal.
💡 Did you know? “Octo” is Greek for “eight”.
Which shape has two pairs of opposite sides that never meet, but no right angles (a “slanted rectangle”)?
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Parallelogram
Opposite sides are equal and parallel.
💡 Did you know? Rectangle and rhombus are special cases.
Which shape has four equal sides but slanted angles?
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Rhombus
It looks like a tilted square.
💡 Did you know? The diamond in cards is a rhombus.
Which shape has exactly one pair of parallel sides?
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Trapezium
The two parallel sides differ in length.
💡 Did you know? Many bridge supports have this shape.
What is a squashed, oval circle called?
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Ellipse
Planets orbit the Sun in ellipses.
💡 Did you know? It has two “foci”.
What is the four-sided shape of two isosceles triangles base to base, like a child's toy in the autumn wind, called?
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Kite
Two pairs of adjacent sides are equal.
💡 Did you know? Its diagonals are perpendicular.
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