• 4th Grade
  • Math
  • About 10 minutes

Sort the Shapes

Does each shape have parallel sides? Does it have a right angle? Circle yes or no.

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How to do it

  1. Look for sides that never meet.
  2. Look for square corners.
  3. Circle yes or no for each question.

Teaching tip

Trace parallel sides with one color and mark right angles with a square. This sheet is aligned with Common Core 4.G.A.1.

Sort the Shapes worksheet for 4th grade (lines and symmetry), free printable
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About this worksheet

Shapes to check for parallel sides and right angles, including triangles, quadrilaterals and more. Standard and More turn the shapes.

What kids practice

Fourth graders learn the names of the building blocks of geometry: points, lines, line segments, rays and angles. They find parallel lines, which never meet, and perpendicular lines, which meet at a right angle. They sort shapes by whether they have parallel sides or right angles, and find lines of symmetry, where a shape folds into two matching halves.

Watch for

  • Mixing up a ray and a segment, or a line and a segment.
  • Calling any crossing lines perpendicular, even without a right angle.
  • Drawing a diagonal line of symmetry on a rectangle that is not a square.
  • Missing some lines of symmetry on shapes with many, like a square.

It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full lines and symmetry guide for 4th grade.

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