In KS2 Maths, you'll explore cool shapes! Year three is all about 2D and 3D shapes like circles, triangles, and cubes. Get ready for pentagons, hexagons, spheres, cylinders, and pyramids! Learn fancy words like vertices, edges, and faces.
Shapes have angles, faces, and edges. Some are flat (2D) like triangles, and some are solid (3D) like cubes. Exciting, right? Do you have a favourite shape?
How much do you know about shapes? Can you spot the difference between squares and cubes? What are vertices? Test your shape skills in this fun quiz!
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - 2D shapes
The singular term for vertices is vertex
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A circle has no vertices
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Every face is a square
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A square and a rectangle are both quadrilaterals
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A sphere is like a 3 dimensional circle
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One way to remember this is that both heXagon and siX have a letter X in them
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Pentagons have 5 sides and a pentagram is a 5 pointed star
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A cylinder is like a tube with circles at each end
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A hemisphere is half of a sphere
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The pyramids in Egypt are ancient buildings which are the shape of a pyramid
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