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Level A
1. The road sign is made up of circles and triangles.
A) True
B) False
2. What shapes could be used to make up the road sign below?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Squares and triangles
Circles and triangles
Squares and rectangles
Rectangles only
3. The road sign includes a right-angled triangle.
A) True
B) False
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4. What shapes could be used to make up the road sign below?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Squares and triangles
Circles and triangles
Squares and rectangles
Rectangles and triangles
5. The road sign is made up of circles and rectangles.
A) True
B) False
6. Below is the flag for Bahamas. What shapes could be used to make up the flag?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Squares and triangles
Circles and triangles
Circles and rectangles
Rectangles and triangles
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7. Below is the flag for Greece. The flag is made up of rectangles.
A) True
B) False
8. Below is the flag for Switzerland. What shapes could be used to make up the flag?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Circles and triangles
Squares and triangles
Squares and rectangles
Rectangles and triangles
9. C has no line of symmetry.
A) True
B) False
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10. Which of the following flags have no lines of symmetry?
A)
B)
C)
D)
A
B
C
D
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Level B
1. This photograph shows the top of the Gherkin in London. The shape shown is a kite.
A) True
B) False
2. What shape is used to create the tiling pattern in the picture?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Squares
Rectangles
Kites
Parallelograms
3. The shape used to create the tiling pattern is a square.
A) True
B) False
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4. What shape is represented in the rock in the picture?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Rhombus
Pentagon
Hexagon
Octagon
5. This mosaic pattern is made up of many different shapes. The shape indicated is a hexagon.
A) True
B) False
6. How many lines of symmetry does a kite have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
None
One
Two
Four
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7. The parallelogram has no lines of symmetry.
A) True
B) False
8. How many lines of symmetry does the trapezium in the picture have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
None
One
Two
Four
9. A regular pentagon has no lines of symmetry.
A) True
B) False
10. How many lines of symmetry does a regular hexagon have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Two
Five
Six
Twelve
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Level C
1. Which of the following shapes is not a quadrilateral?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Parallelogram
Trapezium
Pentagon
Kite
2. Which of the following shapes will not tessellate?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Equilateral triangles
Squares
Regular hexagons
Regular pentagons
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3. Regular octagons will not tessellate by themselves. What other shape can you combine with
regular octagons to make a tiling pattern?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Pentagons
Hexagons
Trapeziums
Squares
4. This flooring is made up of blocks of wood fitting together to create a pattern. What shape are
the blocks of wood?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Squares
Rectangles
Parallelograms
Rhombuses
5. Which of the following shapes in the photos below does not tessellate?
A) Squares
B) Rectangles
C) Circles
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6. This window has...
A)
B)
C)
D)
a vertical line of symmetry
a horizontal line of symmetry
both horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry
no symmetry
7. How would you describe the shape of this wash basin?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Square
Pentagonal
Hexagonal
Octagonal
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8. This hexagonal table is made up of two tables which are another mathematical shape. What
is the name given to that shape?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Rectangle
Kite
Trapezium
Rhombus
9. This regular pentagon has been cut up to make two other shapes. What are those two
shapes?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Rhombus and triangle
Rectangle and triangle
Parallelogram and square
Trapezium and triangle
10. Which two shapes make up this beach hut?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Rhombus and triangle
Rectangle and triangle
Parallelogram and square
Trapezium and triangle
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Answers
Level A
1. The road sign is made up of circles and triangles.
The correct answer is: B. False. The sign is made up of rectangles and triangles.
2. What shapes could be used to make up the road sign?
The correct answer is: D. Rectangles only.
3. The road sign includes a right-angled triangle.
The correct answer is: B. False. The road sign doesn’t include any right angled triangles.
4. What shapes could be used to make up the road sign?
The correct answer is: D. Rectangles and triangles.
5. The road sign is made up of circles and rectangles.
The correct answer is: A. True.
6. Below is the flag for Bahamas. What shapes could be used to make up the flag?
The correct answer is: D. Rectangles and triangles.
7. Below is the flag for Greece. The flag is made up of rectangles.
The correct answer is: A. True.
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8. Below is the flag for Switzerland. What shapes could be used to make up the flag?
The correct answer is: C. Squares and rectangles.
9. C has no line of symmetry.
The correct answer is: B. False.
10. Which of the following flags have no lines of symmetry?
The correct answer is: C. Flag C has no line of symmetry.
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Level B
1. This photograph shows the top of the Gherkin in London. The shape shown is a kite.
The correct answer is: B. False.
2. What shape is used to create the tiling pattern in the picture?
The correct answer is: B. Rectangles.
3. The shape used to create the tiling pattern is a square.
The correct answer is: A. True.
4. What shape is represented in the rock in the picture?
The correct answer is: C. Hexagon.
5. This mosaic pattern is made up of many different shapes. The shape indicated is a hexagon.
The correct answer is: B. False.
6. How many lines of symmetry does a kite have?
The correct answer is: B. One.
7. The parallelogram has no lines of symmetry.
The correct answer is: A. True.
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8. How many lines of symmetry does the trapezium in the picture have?
The correct answer is: B. One.
9. A regular pentagon has no lines of symmetry.
The correct answer is: B. False.
10. How many lines of symmetry does a regular hexagon have?
The correct answer is: C. Six.
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Level C
1. Which of the following shapes is not a quadrilateral?
The correct answer is: C. Pentagon.
2. Which of the following shapes will not tessellate?
The correct answer is: D. Regular pentagons. You cannot fit them around a point.
3. Regular octagons will not tessellate by themselves. What other shape can you combine with
regular octagons to make a tiling pattern?
The correct answer is: D. Squares.
4. This flooring is made up of blocks of wood fitting together to create a pattern. What shape are
the blocks of wood?
The correct answer is: B. Rectangles.
5. Which of the following shapes in the photos below does not tessellate?
The correct answer is: C. Circles.
6. This window has...
The correct answer is: A. a vertical line of symmetry.
7. How would you describe the shape of this wash basin?
The correct answer is: D. Octagonal. Since it has 8 sides.
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8. This hexagonal table is made up of two tables which are another mathematical shape. What
is the name given to that shape?
The correct answer is: D. Rhombus.
9. This regular pentagon has been cut up to make two other shapes. What are those two
shapes?
The correct answer is: D. Trapezium and triangle.
10. Which two shapes make up this beach hut?
The correct answer is: B. Rectangle and triangle.
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