Thinking resources

Students colour and cut out 4 shapes and fit them together to make tessellating patterns.

In this practical task students design a net for a lidded cardboard box to hold 3 "chocolate bars" represented by hundreds blocks. They then cut out and construct the box.

Students cut out tangram shapes and arrange them to fit two different ways into rectangle outlines and once into a triangle outline.

Students draw lines on shapes to show how they have been constructed from four smaller shapes.

Students draw lines on shapes to show how they have been constructed from four smaller shapes.

Students identify the error in three statements made about the perimeter and area of given objects.

Students cut out tangram shapes and arrange them to fit into the outline of three different drawings of everyday items.

Student select shapes that are similar but not triangles and explain what makes them triangles or not.

Students answer questions about weight and number of packets of biscuits for a school fundraising project.

Students sort different shapes into tessellating and not tessellating categories and explain their reasoning.

Students calculate the area of a range of rectangular shapes.

In this practical task students design a net for a lidded cardboard cube to hold a tennis ball. They then cut out and construct the cube.