Symmetry
Congruent Figures
Problem Solving
Geometric Figures
Surprise Me!
100
Teacher: Place a green triangle pattern block under the document camera. How many lines of symmetry does this shape have?
3 lines of symmetry
100
What does "congruent" mean?
Two figures that have the same size and same shape.
100
Jessica had twice as many friendship bracelets as Anna. Jonathan had 9 fewer bracelets than Jessica. If Anna had 43 bracelets, how many did Jessica and Jonathan have?
Jessica: 86; Jonathan: 77
100
Teacher: Hold up a model of a cube. How many edges does this cube have?
12 edges
100
Name a MIXED number that is greater than 1 and 1/2.
1 3/4; 2; 2 1/4; etc.
200
Teacher: Place the yellow hexagon pattern block under the document camera. How many lines of symmetry do you see here?
6 lines of symmetry
200
Go to (or cut and paste) the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/geometry/congruencysimilarityrev3.shtml. Name two shapes that are congruent and explain how you know.
Shapes D and I; E and J; C and H; A and G
200
At field day, Ms. Rennick's class played 7 games in the morning and scored 3 points per game. In the afternoon, her class played 4 games and scored 5 points per game. How many points did Ms. Rennick's class earn altogether?
41 points
200
Teacher: Hold up the square pyramid. Name the 2D polygons that you see on the faces of this shape.
Triangles and a square.
200
On a number line that skip counts by 7, what number would fall between 62 and 76?
69
300
Teacher: Place the red trapezoid pattern block and the blue rhombus under the document camera. Which shape has more lines of symmetry?
The rhombus (Rhombus: 2 lines of symmetry, only from point to point; Trapezoid: 1 line of symmetry)
300
Go to (or cut and paste) the following link: https://content.ncetm.org.uk/images/self_evaluation/se_tool/knowledge/ks2/triangle2.jpg. Are ALL of these shapes congruent? Explain your answer.
Yes, they are all congruent. They are all the same size and shape.
300
Wade is earning points each time he answers reading questions correctly on the computer. At the end of November, he had earned 237 points. Today, Wade has 568 points altogether. How many points did Wade earn after November?
331 points
300
Name a 3D geometric figure that has more than 4 vertices.
Cube, square pyramid, rectangular prism, triangular prism
300
The distance around my garden is 24 feet, and all four sides are the same length. My dog has a doghouse with sides that are the same length as my garden, but the doghouse is shaped like a pentagon. What is the distance around my doghouse?
30 feet
400
Name 3 objects in the classroom that have at least one line of symmetry.
Teacher determines correct answers
400
Find 2 examples of congruent shapes in the classroom. Explain why they are congruent.
Teacher may accept any correct examples.
400
Norah bought 36 party favors for the surprise party she was throwing. If there were 9 guests at the party, how many party favors did each person get?
Each person got 4 party favors
400
What is a quadrilateral?
Any shape with 4 sides.
400
On a pictograph, Brian chose to use stars to represent how many celebrities he interviewed. Every star equaled 4 celebrities. If his pictograph showed 9 1/2 stars, how many celebrities did Brian interview?
38 celebrities
500
Go to (or cut and paste) the following link: http://infouse.com/planemath/activities/pmenterprises/airfoils/airfoils7.html. Explain why these shapes are asymmetrical (not symmetric).
Teacher may accept any thorough answer.
500
Draw a shape on your white board that has 5 sides. Then, draw a shape that is congruent. Do your best to make them as equal as possible.
Teacher may determine correct drawings.
500
At the Dallas Aquarium, 892 guests visited on Saturday and Sunday combined. The next Wednesday, 137 fewer guests visited the aquarium. How many visitors came to the aquarium on Wednesday?
755 guests
500
What is a polygon?
A 2D shape that has at least 3 sides.
500
Riddle Elementary teachers used a bar graph to show the number of students in each grade level. In kindergarten, the graph showed that there were 30 more kids than there were in first grade. There were also 15 fewer students in first grade than in second grade. If there were 120 second graders, how many students were there in kindergarten and first graders?
Kindergarten: 135 students; 1st grade: 105 students
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