Taking Shapes Apart

Lesson
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A plane shape is flat.  Plane shapes are also called 2-dimensional.  You can draw them on paper.

You can take larger shapes apart.

Example 1:

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1 rectangle can make 2 squares

Example 2:

 

 

 

1 rectangle can make 2 triangles

 

Example 3:

 

 

 

1 hexagon can make 2 trapezoids

Example 4

 

 

1 trapezoid can make 2 triangles and a rectangle

Example 5

 

 

1 arrow can make 1 triangle and 1 rectangle

Click below to practice.

 
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