Identifying Shapes

Sep 30, 2026

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Practice worksheet focused on recognizing polygon shapes by the number of sides and basic properties. Questions ask for the name of specific polygons (e.g., shapes with 7, 9, 10 sides), identify common shapes formed by equal sides or angles, and determine side counts for named polygons such as pentagons, hexagons, octagons, heptagons, and nonagons. Includes an answer key for problems 1–15.

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Shape names and side counts

Identifying Shapes Name: | Solve each problem.
1) Amy was doing a craft project where she cut a piece of paper into a shape with
7 sides. What is the name of this shape?
2) Rachel bought a poster with 4 equal length sides. What shape was the poster she bought?
3) A normal piece of notebook paper has 4 sides, 2 that are the same length and another 2 that are the same lenght. What type of shape is the paper?
4) Paul heard that a shape with 3 sides has angles that will always equal 180° .
What shape did he learn about?
5) While drawing on some scrap paper, Tom drew a shape with 9 sides. What is the name of this shape he drew?
6) The patterns on a soccer ball are pentagons and hexagons. How many sides does the pentagon portion have?
7) For an art project Frank cut a sheet of paper into a shape with 4 sides, but none of them were the same length. What type of shape was the paper?
8) Jerry was looking at coin shapes from other countries and found one with 10 sides. This coin is what shape?
9) The patterns on a soccer ball are hexagons and pentagons. How many sides does the Hexagon portion have?
10) An octagon is a shape with how many sides?
11) While walking to school, Adam saw a sign with 8 sides. What shape would the sign be?
12) Oliver sketched a logo into the shape of a decagon how many sides would the logo have?
13) A stained glass window is made of hundreds of tiny heptagons. How many sides would each heptagon have?
14) Bianca noticed that a table top had 5 sides. Because it has 5 sides, the top of the table would be what shape?
15) Katie's family is building a pool in the shape of a nonagon. How many sides will the pool have? | | | | Answers
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11-15 | 93 | 87 | 80 | | 73 | 67 | 60 | 53 | 47 | 40 | 33 | | | 27 | 20 | 13 | | 7 | 0 | | | | | | Identifying Shapes Name: Answer Key | Solve each problem.
1) Amy was doing a craft project where she cut a piece of paper into a shape with
7 sides. What is the name of this shape? | | | | | Answers
1. heptagon | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2) | Rachel bought a poster with 4 equal length sides. What shape was the poster she bought? | | | | 2. square | | | | | | | | | 3) | A normal piece of notebook paper has 4 sides, 2 that are the same length and another 2 that are the same lenght. What type of shape is the paper? | | | | 3. rectangle
4. triangle | | | | | | | | | 4) | Paul heard that a shape with 3 sides has angles that will always equal 180° . What shape did he learn about? | | | | 5. nonagon | | | | | | | | | 5) | While drawing on some scrap paper, Tom drew a shape with 9 sides. What is the name of this shape he drew? | | | | 6. 5 | | | | | | | | | 6) | The patterns on a soccer ball are pentagons and hexagons. How many sides does the pentagon portion have? | | | | 7. quadrilateral
8. decagon | | | | | | | | | 7) | For an art project Frank cut a sheet of paper into a shape with 4 sides, but none of them were the same length. What type of shape was the paper? | | | | 9. 6 | | | | | | | | | 8) | Jerry was looking at coin shapes from other countries and found one with 10 sides. This coin is what shape? | | | | 10. 8 | | | | | | | | | 9) | The patterns on a soccer ball are hexagons and pentagons. How many sides does the Hexagon portion have? | | | | 11. octagon 12. 10 | | | | | | | | | 10) | An octagon is a shape with how many sides? | | | | 13. 7 | | | | | | | | | 11) | While walking to school, Adam saw a sign with 8

FAQs

How many sides does an octagon have?

An octagon has 8 sides.

Sep 30, 2026

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