2nd Grade Shapes and Equal Shares Quiz: 10 Questions with Explanations

A pentagonB quadrilateralC hexagonD triangle

Count 6 sides, so the shape is a hexagon. A pentagon has only 5 sides.

A 4 sidesB 6 sidesC 3 sidesD 5 sides

Count each side once: there are 5, so it is a pentagon. Skipping a side or counting one twice gives 4 or 6.

A 6 facesB 4 facesC 8 facesD 12 faces

A cube has 6 square faces: front, back, top, bottom, left, and right. Counting only the 3 faces in a picture gives 3.

A 9B 12C 14D 16

There are 2 rows of 7 squares: 7 + 7 = 14. Adding 2 + 7 gives 9, which is a common mistake.

A quadrilateralB triangleC pentagonD hexagon

A triangle has 3 sides and 3 angles. The tri- in its name means three.

A one fourthB one halfC one thirdD four fourths

The circle has 4 equal shares and 1 is shaded, so one fourth is shaded.

A 2B 4C 6D 3

A whole cut into 3 equal shares has 3 thirds. Two shares would be halves.

A 2 halvesB 2 thirdsC 3 thirdsD 1 third

Each slice is one third, and Ben ate 2 of them. All 3 thirds would be the whole pie.

A a halfB a fourthC They are the same size.D It is impossible to tell.

A pizza cut into fewer equal shares has bigger shares, so a half is bigger than a fourth.

A The rectangle has too few parts.B The 4 parts are not the same size.C The parts are not squares.D Fourths must be triangles.

Fourths are 4 equal shares. Here the left part is much smaller than the others. Equal shares do not have to be squares.