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Count the sides of flat shapes

Year 1 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Trace around the shape and count each straight side.

  1. Fay says: How many sides does a square have?
  2. Nia asks: How many sides does a square have?
  3. Pia says: How many sides does a triangle have?
  4. Lia wonders: How many sides does a triangle have?
  5. Fay says: How many sides does a triangle have?
  6. Ben says: How many sides does a rectangle have?
  7. Nia says: How many sides does a rectangle have?
  8. Ben thinks: How many sides does a triangle have?
  9. Jon wonders: How many sides does a pentagon have?
  10. Ana says: How many sides does a square have?
  11. Ivy says: How many sides does a triangle have?
  12. Lia thinks: How many sides does a triangle have?
  13. Gus wonders: How many sides does a rectangle have?
  14. Pia thinks: How many sides does a hexagon have?
  15. Eli thinks: How many sides does a triangle have?
  16. Pia thinks: How many sides does a triangle have?
  17. Eli thinks: How many sides does a rectangle have?
  18. Pia asks: How many sides does a square have?
  19. Hana thinks: How many sides does a triangle have?
  20. Hana wonders: How many sides does a hexagon have?
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Answer key: Count the sides of flat shapes

  1. 4
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. 3
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 4
  8. 3
  9. 5
  10. 4
  11. 3
  12. 3
  13. 4
  14. 6
  15. 3
  16. 3
  17. 4
  18. 4
  19. 3
  20. 6