Grade 5

What is an irregular shape?

irregular shape

A shape where the sides or the angles are not all the same.

For example

A farm plot with sides of different lengths is an irregular shape.

In Grade 5

Children compare irregular shapes with regular ones and say exactly what differs.

Watch out for

Children often think irregular means messy or wrong. It simply means the sides or angles are not all the same.

Say it at home

Look at an island on a map and talk about why its shape is irregular.

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