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Maths Quiz - Year 2 Shapes - Vocabulary (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Maths and Numeracy for children aged 6 and 7 in year 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with understanding and using vocabulary associated with shapes.

When learning about shapes, Year 2 children begin to understand that they can use different words to describe their properties. They will use language such as sides, edges or vertices, corners and faces and recognise that some shapes have the same name but may be slightly different, for example an equilateral triangle is different to an isosceles.

This quiz will help children to use and to understand the language of shapes.

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A cube has 6...

[ ]	faces
[ ]	edges
[ ]	corners
[ ]	vertices

A sphere has no...

[ ]	curves
[ ]	colour
[ ]	faces
[ ]	edges

A cone has two faces, one of which is a...

[ ]	rectangle
[ ]	triangle
[ ]	square
[ ]	circle

Which of these shapes has three faces?

[ ]	The pyramid
[ ]	The cone
[ ]	The cylinder
[ ]	All of them

All of these shapes are...

[ ]	two dimensional
[ ]	large
[ ]	three dimensional
[ ]	on the ground

These ____ are stacked in a _____.

[ ]	spheres, row
[ ]	cubes, pyramid
[ ]	cylinders, square
[ ]	cones, pile

Which of these shapes has the fewest edges?

[ ]	The pyramid
[ ]	The cylinder
[ ]	The cuboid
[ ]	The cone

Squares have 4 _____ which are all ____.

[ ]	faces, long
[ ]	sides, even
[ ]	edges, curved
[ ]	faces, different

Cirlces don't fit together without spaces because...

[ ]	they are too small
[ ]	they are too big
[ ]	their edges are curved
[ ]	they are flat

10.

Flat or drawn shapes are known as...

[ ]	solid shapes
[ ]	two dimensional shapes
[ ]	colourful shapes
[ ]	three dimensional shapes

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - 2D and 3D shapes

Maths Quiz - Year 2 Shapes - Vocabulary (Answers)

A cube has 6...

[x]	faces
[ ]	edges
[ ]	corners
[ ]	vertices

A die (plural dice) shows the numbers 1 to 6, with a different number on each face

A sphere has no...

[ ]	curves
[ ]	colour
[ ]	faces
[x]	edges

A sphere has one curved face, no edges and no corners

A cone has two faces, one of which is a...

[ ]	rectangle
[ ]	triangle
[ ]	square
[x]	circle

The bottom of the cone is a circle

Which of these shapes has three faces?

[ ]	The pyramid
[ ]	The cone
[x]	The cylinder
[ ]	All of them

The cylinder has two circular faces and one curved face

All of these shapes are...

[ ]	two dimensional
[ ]	large
[x]	three dimensional
[ ]	on the ground

Three dimensional shapes have height, width and depth

These ____ are stacked in a _____.

[ ]	spheres, row
[x]	cubes, pyramid
[ ]	cylinders, square
[ ]	cones, pile

This is similar to how the real pyramids were built

Which of these shapes has the fewest edges?

[ ]	The pyramid
[ ]	The cylinder
[ ]	The cuboid
[x]	The cone

The cone only has one edge

Squares have 4 _____ which are all ____.

[ ]	faces, long
[x]	sides, even
[ ]	edges, curved
[ ]	faces, different

A square is a kind of rectangle with even sides

Cirlces don't fit together without spaces because...

[ ]	they are too small
[ ]	they are too big
[x]	their edges are curved
[ ]	they are flat

Shapes such as squares have edges and corners which fit together well

10.

Flat or drawn shapes are known as...

[ ]	solid shapes
[x]	two dimensional shapes
[ ]	colourful shapes
[ ]	three dimensional shapes

Two dimensional shapes are shapes that only have two dimensions (such as width and height) and no thickness