2-D Shapes
3-D Shapes
Fractions
Story Problems
Guess My Shape!
100

This shape has 3 vertices.

Triangle

100

This shape has no sides or vertices. 

It is a sphere. 

100

If you cut your banana into halves, how many parts are there?

There are 2 parts. 

100

Mom made a big chocolate cake for dessert. The cake is in a pan that has 2 long sides and 2 shorter sides. What shape is the cake?

The cake is a rectangle.

100

I am a 3-D shape that looks like a triangle with a circle base or top. 

I am a cone. 

200

How many sides does a quadrilateral have?

A quadrilateral has 4 sides. 

200

What is special about a cube? How many faces and what is the shape of the faces?

A cube has 6 square faces. 

200

4 people are going to share 1 pizza. They divide it into four parts. One part is called what?

One part is called a fourth. 

200

Katie was rolling the dice playing a game. How many numbers are on each die? 

There are 6 numbers on a die because it has 6 faces. 

200

I am a 3-D shape that looks like a rectangle with 2 circles. 

I am a cylinder.

300

Which shape has more sides, a hexagon or a pentagon? Explain. 

A hexagon has more sides than a pentagon. A pentagon has 5 sides, and a hexagon has 6 sides. 

300

Describe a rectangular prism. How many faces? What are the shapes of the faces?

It has 6 faces. The faces are rectangles, but it can have 2 square faces and 4 rectangular faces. 

300

What is the shaded part called? 


One third. 

300

John put some shapes together to make a picture. He took a square and put a triangle on top of it. Now what shape does he have? How many sides does it have? 

A square with a triangle on top looks like a house. It is a pentagon, a 5 sided shape. 

300

I am a 2-D shape. I have more that 3 angles, but less than a hexagon. All my sides are the same length, but I am not a square or a rhombus. What must I be? 

I am a pentagon with all equal sides. 

400

Which object is NOT a quadrilateral, a kite, a TV, a stop sign, or a door? 

A stop sign has 8 sides. It is an octagon. 

400

Name a 3-D shape that is not a cube or a rectangular prism.

 A sphere, a cone, a cylinder. 

400

Granny made 2 pies, an apple and a pumpkin pie. She cut the apple pie into fourths, and the pumpkin into thirds. Which would be more, a fourth or a third?

A third is more than a fourth. 

                                      

400

Sammy put some blocks together. He has 4 rows of 4 blocks. What shape did he probably make? A cone, a sphere, triangle, hexagon, square, or trapezoid. 

He probably made a square. 

400

I am a 3-D shape. If you put me on a table, I might roll away. Sometimes I am thrown into a basket and people cheer. What shape am I?

I am a sphere. 

500

If you have 11 sticks, what 3 shapes could you make? Explain.

EXAMPLES: You could make a triangle, a square, and a rectangle. 

You could also make a pentagon, and two triangles. 

500

How many faces, vertices, and edges does a cube have? Does a rectangular prism have more or less?

6 faces, 8 vertices, and 12 edges. 

Trick question. They have the same. 

500

Tom baked 3 square pizzas. He cut them into fourths. How many pieces are there all together?

There are 12 pieces altogether.

500

Jaina is decorating a shoe box. She is painting each face a different color. How many colors of paint will she need? Also she will put a special decoration on each vertex. How many special decorations will she need for the vertices?

She will need 6 colors of paint for the faces and 8 special decorations for the vertices. 

500

If you cut a rectangle is half you could get one of 3 shapes. What are the three shapes?

You might get a triangle, a square, or another rectangle.