Max Maths - Making Real-World Connections SB3 FULL

2 Each of these shapes have sides of equal length. Their angles are equal too. We call these shapes ‘regular’.

Rectangles are different. They have two pairs of equal length sides. Two opposite sides are longer and two opposite sides are shorter.

A square is a special rectangle because it is regular. Both pairs of opposite sides are equal in length.

3 These shapes are also hexagons because they have 6 straight sides and 6 angles, but they are not regular.

What shape am I? (a) I have 3 straight sides and 3 angles.

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(b) I have 6 angles and 6 straight sides.

(c) I have 8 straight sides and 8 angles.

(d) I have 1 curved side and 1 straight side.

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