Shape Hierarchies

Grade 445 minutes5.G.B.3 Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties. Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category. For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles.

Learning Objective

I can explain how shapes can belong to different groups at the same time, like how a square is also a rectangle.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Explain what it means for a shape to be a quadrilateral.

2. Describe the difference between a trapezoid and a parallelogram.

3. What characteristics does a rhombus have that a parallelogram must also have?

...and 4 more questions

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