Shapes, Angles and Coordinates
Year 6 geometry pulls together shapes, angles and the coordinate grid. Children classify 2-D shapes by their properties, match nets to the 3-D shapes they fold into, count faces, edges and vertices, and name the parts of a circle, including the radius and diameter.
Practise Shapes, Angles and Coordinates
Have a guess, even if you're not sure. Get one wrong and we'll show you why, so every miss is a chance to learn.
Timed practice
The same practice, just with a gentle clock. Pick a length and see how many you can answer.
Angles are a big focus this year. Children work out unknown angles in triangles, quadrilaterals and regular polygons, and use the fact that vertically opposite angles are equal. They also read, plot, reflect and translate points across all four quadrants of the grid, including coordinates with negative numbers.
Every shape, angle and grid is drawn on screen for the child to read, with instant feedback and a gentle hint whenever an answer needs a nudge. It is free, there is no sign-up, and it runs in any web browser on a phone, tablet or computer.
See an example
A real question from this topic. Have a go, then reveal the answer.
What is in this topic
- Classifying 2-D shapes by their properties
- Nets of 3-D shapes, and faces, edges and vertices
- The parts of a circle, including radius and diameter
- Unknown angles in triangles, quadrilaterals and regular polygons
- Vertically opposite angles
- Four-quadrant coordinates: read, plot, reflect and translate, including negatives