Geometry items II

Geometry items II

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses

Questions/instructions:

1.
Draw a line of symmetry on the triangle.

 
2.
Which of the following has the same shape as a cylinder?
 
  
a.   
b.   
c.   
d. 
  
An egg
A book
A basketball
A can of soup
 
3.    Which are cubes?
  
 
a.   
b.   
c.   
d.   
 
All of them
1 and 2 only
1 only
3 and 4 only
 
4. 
  
Which shows how many small blocks there are?
 
  
 
a.   
b.   
c.   
d.   
 
3 × 3 × 2
2 × 2 × 2
3 × 3 × 3
3 × 2 × 2
 
5.   
Which triangle has a right angle?
 
 
 
 
6.   
Draw 1 bigger square and 1 smaller square.

 
7.   
Colour in one of the smallest squares.

 
8.   
Draw a ring around each shape that is symmetrical.
 
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Transformation
Keywords: 
nemp, cubes, cylinders, right angled triangles, symmetry, enlargement
Description of task: 
For this NEMP task students perform a range of tasks which cover aspects of symmetry, shape identification, enlargement, and right-angle recognition.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Geometric thinking, set 3
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 

 

Y4 (10/1997)

1.

44%

2.

d

52%

3.

b

67%

4.

d

17%

5.

c

20%

6.

Drew bigger square
Drew smaller square

71%
67%

7.

Smallest square coloured in

26%

8.

a circled
b not circled
c circled
d circled

41%
68%
38%
64%

NOTE: Questions 1-5 were also trialled by year 8 students see resource Geometry items.