Grade 5

What are congruent shapes?

congruent shapes

Exactly the same shape and the same size.

For example

Two floor tiles from the same pack are congruent: one fits exactly over the other.

In Grade 5

Children cut out shapes and lay one on top of another to test whether they are congruent.

Watch out for

Children often think turning or flipping a shape stops it being congruent. Same size and same shape is all that matters.

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Cut two shapes out and ask your child to lay one over the other to check.

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