Year 3 in England
2nd grade geometry
9 2nd grade geometry skills, each with a worked example, free practice that checks every answer, and a printable worksheet. Start with a mixed review, or jump to the skill you need.
Mixed review
Ten questions drawn from every skill below.
Polygons: sides and vertices
CCSS 2.G.A.1England: Y2 GeometryEngland: Y3 Geometry
Example
How many sides do a rectangle and a square have altogether?
- 4 + 4 = 8
Answer: 8
Builds on: Name 2D shapes
Leads to: Perimeter, Classify quadrilaterals, Lines of symmetry, Interior and exterior angles of polygons
Faces, edges and vertices of 3D shapes
CCSS 2.G.A.1England: Y2 Geometry
Example
How many edges does a cuboid have?
- A cuboid has 6 faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices.
Answer: 12
Quadrilaterals: shapes with four sides
CCSS 2.G.A.1England: Y2 GeometryEngland: Y3 Geometry
Example
A quadrilateral has 4 straight sides. Which shape is a quadrilateral?
- Rectangle
Answer: rectangle
Builds on: Polygons: sides and vertices
Count the faces of 3D shapes
CCSS 2.G.A.1England: Y2 Geometry
Example
How many faces does a cuboid have?
- A cuboid has 6 faces.
Answer: 6
Builds on: Flat shapes on the faces of solids
Leads to: Count edges and vertices of 3D shapes
Count edges and vertices of 3D shapes
CCSS 2.G.A.1England: Y2 GeometryEngland: Y3 Geometry
Example
How many edges does a cuboid have?
- A cuboid has 12 edges and 8 vertices.
- 12
Answer: 12
Builds on: Count the faces of 3D shapes
Split a rectangle into rows and columns of squares
CCSS 2.G.A.2England: Y2 Geometry
Example
Lucia splits a rectangle into 3 rows with 4 equal squares in each row. How many squares are there in all?
- 4 + 4 + 4 = 12
Answer: 12
Builds on: Arrays and multiplication
Leads to: Arrays: rows, columns and totals
Lines of symmetry in shapes and letters
England: Y2 Geometry
Example
Which capital letter has a line of symmetry going straight down the middle?
- W folds into two matching halves.
- W
Answer: W
Builds on: Polygons: sides and vertices
Quarter, half and three-quarter turns both ways
England: Y2 GeometryEngland: Y3 Geometry
Example
A robot faces west. It makes a three-quarter turn anticlockwise (counter-clockwise). Which way does it face now?
- 3 quarter turns anticlockwise from west gives north.
Answer: north
Builds on: Position and direction
Identify a shape from clues about sides, corners and equal sides
CCSS 2.G.A.1England: Y2 GeometryEngland: Y3 Geometry
Example
I have the fewest sides a straight-sided shape can have. What am I?
- Triangle
Answer: triangle
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