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Block Town Shape Puzzles

Grade 1 shape puzzles: put flat and solid blocks together to build a pretend town, name the new shapes, and count the pieces inside them.

Grade 1MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to1.G.A.2

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Single worksheet
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1 Common Core standard
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10 questions
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Details

Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students combine two or three flat shapes to make a new shape and name it.
Students find the smaller shapes that make up a composite shape and count them.
Students combine solid shapes such as cubes, cones, and cylinders to build new shapes.

How to use

Hand out pattern blocks and a few solid blocks so children can build each shape before they answer. Read the questions aloud for early readers.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

1.G.A.2

Combine flat or solid shapes to make new shapes.

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Block Town Shape Puzzles

Put flat and solid blocks together to make new shapes.

Put flat shapes together

Block Town is made of blocks. Put the blocks together with no gaps and no overlaps.

Ava has these 2 triangle blocks.She puts them together to make a window. Which shape can she make?

Leo builds this house with 2 blocks.Circle the 2 blocks he used.

Use a word from the box to name each new shape.

Word bank: rectangle · hexagon · triangle

These 2 squares make a .

These 2 trapezoids make a .

Mo wants to fill this round pond with blocks.Which blocks fill the pond with no gaps and no overlaps?

Shapes inside shapes

The lines inside a shape show where the blocks meet.

Mia makes a bridge shaped like this trapezoid. She uses small triangle blocks.

How many small triangles make 1 trapezoid?
Mia makes 2 trapezoids just like this. She puts them together to make a hexagon. How many small triangles are in her hexagon?

Kai makes 1 window for the school from 2 triangle blocks, like this.He wants to make 2 windows just like it.

How many triangle blocks does Kai need for 2 windows?

Make your own Block Town shape. Draw 2 or more flat blocks put together with no gaps. Draw a line where the blocks meet.