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Classifying Shapes

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What angle is 90 degrees and represented with a small square where two lines meet?

a)

acute angle

b)

obtuse angle

c)

left angle

d)

right angle

2.

What shape has all sides the same length and has 4 right angles?

a)

rectangle

b)

square

c)

triangle

d)

circle

3.

Name the shape having 4 sides of the same length

a)

trapezoid

b)

rhombus

c)

quadrilateral

d)

polygon

4.

What shape has 2 pair of parallel lines and each pair of opposite sides are the same length?

a)

rectangle

b)

square

c)

rhombus

d)

trapezoid

5.

What angle is smaller than a right angle?

a)

right angle

b)

left angle

c)

obtuse angle

d)

acute angle

6.

What angle is larger than a right angle?

a)

obtuse angle

b)

acute angle

c)

right angle

d)

left angle

7.

What shape is a 4-sided figure with 4 straight sides?

a)

parallelogram

b)

rhombus

c)

quadrilateral

d)

trapezoid

8.

What shape has 4 straight sides with at least one pair of parallel lines that never meet?

a)

quadrilateral

b)

rhombus

c)

parallelogram

d)

trapezoid

9.

What does parallel mean?

a)

lines or objects that are side by side and have the same distance continuously between them?

b)

an object with four sides and all sides are different lengths

c)

the point where two lines meet making a right angle

d)

two lines of different lengths pointing in opposite directions

10.

What is the name of a four-sided shape where both pair of opposite sides are parallel?

a)

rhombus

b)

parallelology

c)

parallelogram

d)

trapezoid

11.

What is a quadrilateral?

a)

2 sided shape

b)

3 sided shape

c)

4 sided shape

d)

6 sided shape

12.

What is a triangle?

a)

a 2 sided shape

b)

a 3 sided shape

c)

a 4 sided shape

d)

a 5 sided shape

13.

What is a pentagon?

a)

6 sided shape

b)

8 sided shape

c)

4 sided shape

d)

5 sided shape

14.

What is an octagon?

a)

6 sided shape

b)

8 sided shape

c)

9 sided shape

d)

10 sided shape

15.

What shape is Moby’s kite?

a)

rectangle

b)

rhombus

c)

trapezoid

d)

triangle

16.

How are these shapes alike?

a)

Both are squares

b)

Both are trapezoids

c)

Both are rhombuses

d)

Both are parallelograms

17.

Which sign is NOT a quadrilateral?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Which quadrilateral has two pairs of parallel lines?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Which quadrilateral has four right angles?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.
A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with exactly ONE set of parallel sides. 
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
21.
A triangle has angle measurements of 27°, 72°, and 81°. What kind of triangle is it?

a)
acute triangle
b)
right triangle
c)
obtuse triangle
d)
none of the above
22.
a)
acute triangle
b)
right triangle
c)
obtuse triangle
d)
none of the above
23.
When classifying a triangle by its angles, what type of triangle has one right angle? 
a)
acute triangle
b)
right triangle
c)
obtuse triangle
d)
none of the above
24.
When classifying a triangle by its sides, what type of triangle has three equal sides?
a)
equilateral triangle
b)
isosceles triangle
c)
scalene triangle
d)
none of the above
25.
When classifying a triangle by its sides, what type of triangle has no equal sides?
a)
equilateral triangle
b)
isosceles triangle
c)
scalene triangle
d)
none of the above
26.
What kind of triangle is this?
a)
Acute
b)
Super
c)
Right
d)
Obtuse
27.

What are the two ways to classify triangles?

a)

By the angles and number of sides

b)

By the angles and side lengths

c)

By the side lengths and the size of the triangle

d)

By the angles and the how many points

28.
a)

is symmetrical

b)

not symmetrical

29.
a)

Is symmetrical

b)

not symmetrical

30.

Symmetrical?

a)

Is symmetrical

b)

not symmetrical

31.
Is this a line of symmetry?
a)
Yes 
b)
No
32.

Symmetrical?

a)

Is symmetrical

b)

not symmetrical

33.

Symmetrical?

a)

Is symmetrical

b)

not symmetrical

34.

Symmetrical?

a)

Is symmetrical

b)

not symmetrical

35.
a)
Angle
b)
Line
c)
Line Segment
d)
Ray
36.
a)
Line
b)
Ray
c)
Line segment
d)
Angle
37.
a)
Ray
b)
Point
c)
Line
d)
Line segment
38.
a)
Parallel
b)
Perpendicular
c)
Intersecting
39.
a)
Parallel
b)
Perpendicular
c)
Intersecting
40.
a)
Parallel
b)
Perpendicular
c)
Intersecting
41.

Which of the following do squares and rectangles have in common?

a)

two lines of symmetry

b)

all congruent sides

c)

four lines of symmetry

d)

all right angles

42.

Which of the following is true for a square AND a rhombus

a)

4 right angles

b)

4 congruent sides

c)

4 lines of symmetry

d)

2 lines of symmetry

43.

Name the following pair of lines

a)

intersecting lines

b)

perpendicular lines

c)

parallel lines

d)

none of the above

44.
An angle that forms a square corner is called 
a)
a right angle
b)
an acute angle
c)
an obtuse angle
d)
a straight angle
45.

The shapes above were sorted into two groups. Which of the following are two possible titles for those groups?

a)

Shapes with Right Angles, Shapes with No Angles

b)

Shapes with All Equal Sides, Shapes with Right Angles

c)

Shapes with Right Angles, Shapes with Parallel Sides

d)

Shapes with All Equal Sides, Shapes with Obtuse Angles

46.
Which type of angle is pictured?
a)
Acute
b)
Right
c)
Obtuse
d)
Straight
47.

A parallelogram with four right angles

a)

Circle

b)

Octagon

c)

Trapezoid

d)

Rectangle

48.

Trapezoid

a)
b)
c)
d)
49.

A Rhombus is

a)

All sides the same length. Both pairs of opposite sides parallel and equal in length

b)

A quadrilateral with only 1 pair of parallel lines

c)
d)
50.

A rectangle and a rhombus are both

a)

squares

b)

triangles

c)

parallelograms

d)

octagon

51.

Which of the following is an obtuse angle?

a)
b)
c)
d)
52.

Which of the following is a line segment?

a)
b)
c)
d)
53.

What type of angles does this shape have?

a)

2 right angles, 2 obtuse angles, 1 acute angle

b)

1 right angles, 3 obtuse angles, 1 acute angle

c)

2 right angles, 1 obtuse angles, 2 acute angle

d)

1 right angles, 1 obtuse angles, 1 acute angle

54.

Which figure best represents a figure with exactly 1 pair of parallel lines?

a)

Figure A

b)

Figure B

c)

Figure C

d)

Figure D

55.

A triangle with two equal sides and two equal angles.

a)

equilateral triangle

b)

isosceles triangle

c)

scalene triangle

56.

A triangle with all equal sides and angles.

a)

equilateral triangle

b)

isoceles triangle

c)

scalene triangle

57.

A triangle with no equal sides and no equal angles.

a)

equilateral triangle

b)

isoceles triangle

c)

scalene triangle

58.

What would we classify all of these shapes as?

a)

Triangles

b)

Squares

c)

Quadrilaterals

d)

Nonagons