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Level A
1. Which of the following shapes is not a polygon?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Circle
Triangle
Square
Rectangle
2. What is the name given to a polygon where all the sides and angles are equal?
A) Equilateral polygon
B) Equal sided polygon
C) Regular polygon
3. What type of triangle is shown in the picture?
A) Equilateral triangle
B) Regular triangle
C) Right-angled triangle
4. What is a regular four-sided figure called?
A)
B)
C)
D)
A square
A rectangle
A parallelogram
A kite
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5. How many lines of symmetry does an equilateral triangle have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
None
Three
Four
Infinite
6. How many lines of symmetry does a square have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
None
Three
Four
Infinite
7. How many lines of symmetry does a circle have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
None
Three
Four
Infinite
8. How many lines of symmetry are there in the letter T below?
A)
B)
C)
D)
None
One
Two
Three
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9. How many lines of symmetry are there in the letter K below?
A)
B)
C)
D)
None
One
Two
Three
10. How many lines of symmetry are there in the letter X below?
A)
B)
C)
D)
None
One
Two
Three
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Level B
1. 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
2. The road sign is made up of rectangles and circles.
A) True
B) False
3. What shapes could be used to make up the road sign below?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Squares and triangles
Circles and triangles
Circles and rectangles
Circles, triangles and rectangles
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4. The road sign is made up of circles.
A) True
B) False
5. What shapes could be used to make up the road sign below?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Squares and triangles
Circles and triangles
Circles and rectangles
Rectangles and triangles
6. Below is the flag for Bahamas. The flag is made up of rectangles and triangles.
A) True
B) False
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7. Below is the flag for Greece. What shapes could be used to make up the flag?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Squares and triangles
Circles and triangles
Circles and rectangles
Rectangles only
8. Below is the flag for Switzerland. The flag is made up of squares and rectangles.
A) True
B) False
9. Which of the following road signs have no lines of symmetry?
A)
B)
C)
D)
A
B
C
D
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10. Flag B has no lines of symmetry.
A) True
B) False
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Level C
1. This photograph shows the top of the Gherkin in London. What shape is it made up of?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Squares
Rectangles
Kites
Parallelograms
2. Square tiles are used to make this pattern.
A) True
B) False
3. What shape is used to create the tiling pattern in the picture?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Squares
Rectangles
Kites
Parallelograms
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4. The shape in the rock is an octagon.
A) True
B) False
5. This mosaic pattern is made up of many different shapes. What is the name of the shape
indicated?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Rhombus
Pentagon
Hexagon
Octagon
6. A kite has one line of symmetry.
A) True
B) False
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7. How many lines of symmetry does a parallelogram have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
None
One
Two
Four
8. The trapezium pictured has two lines of symmetry.
A) True
B) False
9. How many lines of symmetry does a regular pentagon have?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Two
Five
Six
Ten
10. A regular hexagon has six lines of symmetry.
A) True
B) False
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Level A
1.
Which of the following shapes is not a polygon?
The correct answer is: A. Circle
2.
What is the name given to a polygon where all the sides and angles are equal?
The correct answer is: C. Regular polygon
3.
What type of triangle is shown in the picture?
The correct answer is: C. Right-angled triangle
4.
What is a regular four-sided figure called?
The correct answer is: A. A square
5.
How many lines of symmetry does an equilateral triangle have?
The correct answer is: B. Three
6.
How many lines of symmetry does a square have?
The correct answer is: C. Four
7.
How many lines of symmetry does a circle have?
The correct answer is: D. Infinite
8.
How many lines of symmetry are there in the letter T?
The correct answer is: B. One
9.
How many lines of symmetry are there in the letter K?
The correct answer is: A. None
10.
How many lines of symmetry are there in the letter X?
The correct answer is: C. Two
Level B
1.
What shapes could be used to make up the road sign?
The correct answer is: D. Rectangles and triangles
2.
The road sign is made up of rectangles and circles.
The correct answer is: B. False. The sign includes rectangles only.
3.
What shapes could be used to make up the road sign?
The correct answer is: D. Circles, triangles and rectangles.
4.
The road sign is made up of circles.
The correct answer is: B. False. The sign includes rectangles and triangles.
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5.
What shapes could be used to make up the road sign?
The correct answer is: C. Circles and rectangles.
6.
Below is the flag for Bahamas. The flag is made up of rectangles and triangles.
The correct answer is: A. True.
7.
Below is the flag for Greece. What shapes could be used to make up the flag?
The correct answer is: D. Rectangles only.
8.
Below is the flag for Switzerland. The flag is made up of squares and rectangles.
The correct answer is: A. True.
9.
Which of the following road signs have no lines of symmetry?
The correct answer is: D. Road sign D has no lines of symmetry.
10.
Flag B has no lines of symmetry.
The correct answer is: B. False. That is correct, there is one line of symmetry. Flag C has
no line of symmetry.
Level C
1.
This photograph shows the top of the Gherkin in London. What shape is it made up
of?
The correct answer is: D. Parallelograms.
2.
Square tiles are used to make this pattern.
The correct answer is: B. False.
3.
What shape is used to create the tiling pattern in the picture?
The correct answer is: A. Squares.
4.
The shape in the rock is an octagon.
The correct answer is: B. False. The shape is a hexagon.
5.
This mosaic pattern is made up of many different shapes. What is the name of the
shape indicated?
The correct answer is: B. Pentagon.
6.
A kite has one line of symmetry.
The correct answer is: A. True.
7.
How many lines of symmetry does a parallelogram have?
The correct answer is: A. None
8.
The trapezium pictured has two lines of symmetry.
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The correct answer is: B. False. There is only one line of symmetry.
9.
How many lines of symmetry does a regular pentagon have?
The correct answer is: B. Five
10.
A regular hexagon has six lines of symmetry.
The correct answer is: A. True
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