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Triangles & Quadrilaterals questions for Primary 3 Maths
10 questions to work through online. Answer and you get the working straight away, then a score at the end. No sign-up, and you can retake it as often as you like.
- Counting sides
- Naming shapes
- Properties
- Counting corners
- Sorting shapes
Answers and explanations for all 10 questions
Every answer with the reasoning behind it. Worth reading after you have tried the set — or on its own, if you are a parent marking it.
How many sides does a pentagon have?
Answer: 5
A pentagon has 5 sides.
Which shape has 3 sides and 3 corners?
Answer: Triangle
A triangle has 3 straight sides and 3 corners.
Which shape has 4 sides that are all the same length?
Answer: Square
A square has 4 sides of equal length.
How many corners does a hexagon have?
Answer: 6
A hexagon has 6 sides, and so 6 corners.
Which of these shapes has no corners?
Answer: Circle
A circle is one continuous curve, so it has no corners.
A shape has 4 sides. Its opposite sides are equal but not all four are the same length. What is it?
Answer: Rectangle
A rectangle has equal opposite sides, with the long pair different from the short pair.
How many sides does an octagon have?
Answer: 8
An octagon has 8 sides — think of a stop sign.
Which of these shapes is NOT a quadrilateral?
Answer: Triangle
A quadrilateral is any shape with 4 sides, and a triangle has only 3.
How many corners does a shape with 7 sides have?
Answer: 7
Every flat shape with straight sides has the same number of corners as sides: 7.
Mrs Lim drew a shape with 4 straight sides and 4 right angles, but the sides were not all equal. What did she draw?
Answer: Rectangle
Four right angles with unequal side lengths describes a rectangle.