Grade 5

What is a regular shape?

regular shape

A shape where all the sides and all the angles are the same.

For example

A honeycomb cell is a regular shape with six equal sides.

In Grade 5

Children measure both sides and angles to decide whether a shape is truly regular.

Watch out for

Children often call a shape regular because the sides match. The angles have to all match as well.

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Compare a square with a stretched diamond and ask which one is regular.

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