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PRACTICE

How Many Pattern Block Shapes?

Color the triangles A shape with 3 sides. green.

Color the rhombuses A shape has 4 equal sides. The top right corner is farther right than the bottom right corner. The bottom left corner is farther left than the top left corner. blue.

Color the trapezoids A shape has 4 sides. Two of the sides are equal. red.

Color the hexagons A shape with 6 equal sides. yellow.

The pattern blocks form a dog. d
Shape A six-sided shape with equal sides. A four-sided shape with 2 equal sides. A four-sided shape with equal sides. The top right corner is farther right than the bottom right corner. The bottom left corner is farther left than the top left corner. A four-sided shape with equal sides. A four-sided shape with equal sides. The top right corner is a lot farther right than the bottom right corner. The bottom left corner is a lot farther left than the top left corner. A three-sided shape. Total
How Many?              

NOTE

Students count and record the number of each pattern block shape.

MWI Pattern Block Puzzles


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Counting People, Sorting Buttons Unit 2 Counting Quantities, Comparing Lengths Unit 3 Make a Shape, Fill a Hexagon Unit 4 Collect, Count, and Measure Unit 5 Build a Block, Build a Wall Unit 6 How Many Now? Unit 7 How Many Noses? How Many Eyes? Unit 8 Ten Frames and Teen Numbers