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Identify a Hexagon

Students recognize a hexagon as a polygon with exactly 6 sides and 6 angles, regardless of its size or orientation.

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Identify a Hexagon

Grade 2 · Shapes and Their Attributes · question 1 of 3

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The hexagon is number ___.

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A hexagon is a polygon with six straight sides.

It can be skinny or fat and still be a hexagon.

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Read it: Name a shape by its sides

Count the sides to name a shape. A pentagon and a hexagon can look alike until you count.

  1. Start at one corner.
  2. Go around once and count each side.
  3. The number of sides gives the name.

A shape keeps its name when it is turned or flipped.

Every side ends at a corner, so a shape has as many corners as sides.

A square and a rectangle are quadrilaterals too.

Triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon: count the sides, then name it.

Calling a shape a triangle because it has a point on top.

Count the sides. A shape with a point on top can be a pentagon.

2 hexagons have how many sides in all? — 12. Each hexagon has 6 sides: 6 + 6 = 12.

What makes a shape a hexagon?

Today we're learning about hexagons. A hexagon is a special shape — let's find out what makes it special!

Here's a shape. To check if it's a hexagon, we count its sides and its angles.

Grade 2 · Six sides and six angles

Let's count the sides. One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six! This shape has six sides.

Now let's count the angles — the corners where two sides meet.

One, two, three, four, five, six. Six angles too!

Six sides and six angles means this shape is a hexagon. Great work!

Now you try. Count this shape's corners. How many corners are there?

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MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics
Did you know?

A chessboard has 64 squares — share them out between the 8 rows and each row holds exactly 8.

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Divide within 100

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MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics

Maya earned 2 stars this week — Interpret multiplication as equal groups, which took 6 answers over 3 days before its star landed 3 days ago and Multiply by 6, 7, 8 and 9. Next up: Divide within 100.

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