Open Middle®
Directions: What shapes could be used to create this picture?
Make a list of the shapes needed, and how many of each you would need.
Hint
What shapes can you combine to create the picture?
Answer
There can be many different student solutions. One possible answer would be one rectangle, one square and three triangles.
Source: Bryan Anderson
I like this question. The answers you get might bring up a lot of good geometric vocabulary depending upon how students define shape. Do the shapes have to be polygons? Do they have to be convex polygons? This house could just be created with one big concave hendecagon.
Three triangles,two squares, and a rectangle.
triangles squares and rectangle
triangles, squares, rectangle
square, rectangle, triangle
i see two triangles one rectangle one square
cube, pyramid, triangle
Triangles rectangles and squares
For this picture we can use a square, triangles and a rectangle.
Triangle, triangle, rectangle , square makes this picture
There are many different combinations. You could also use three rectangles and 3 triangles.
Square, Triangle, Rectangle, and a parallagram
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2 triangles, 1 square, 1 rectangle.
One square, Two triangles, one rectangle
1 rectangle,1 square and 3 triangles