Name a two dimensional shape that results from combining and splitting?
"Compare and describe two dimensional shapes that result from combining and splitting common shapes"
Learning objective:
2D shapes are figures that have two dimensions: length and width. They can be combined and split to form different shapes. Combining two shapes, like squares and circles, can create a new shape like a rectangle. Splitting a shape, like a circle, can create two equal-sized semicircles. When shapes are combined, new edges are created. When shapes are split, existing edges are divided.
Compare and Describe 2D Shapes
Combining Shapes: The process of joining two or more shapes together to create a new shape. Splitting Shapes: The process of separating a shape into two or more shapes. Two-dimensional shapes: Shapes that have length and width but no depth, such as circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles.
Concepts:
Work together in pairs: What two dimensional shape can you make by splitting a rectangle in half?
Can you think of two different shapes that you can combine together to create a new shape? How would you describe the new shape that is formed?
Work together in pairs: What are the differences between a trapezoid and a parallelogram?
Brain break: Draw a smiling tomato wearing a superhero cape and flying through the sky with a carrot sidekick
What shape is formed when you combine two triangles?
- Square
- Rectangle
- Pentagon
- Circle
When you split a rectangle in half vertically, what shapes are formed?
- Two triangles
- Two equal halves of rectangles
- Two squares
What shape is formed when you combine a square and a triangle?
- Octagon
- Heptagon
- Pentagon
- Hexagon
When you split a circle in half horizontally, what shapes are formed?
- Two triangles
- Two crescents
- Two equal halves of circles