Kindergarten Shapes: Rectangles
Learn about rectangles
What You'll Learn
- Identify rectangles
- Know that rectangles have 4 sides
- Understand rectangles have 2 long sides and 2 short sides
📖What is a Rectangle?
A rectangle has 4 sides and 4 corners, like a square. But a rectangle has 2 long sides and 2 short sides.
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A door, a book, or a phone is shaped like a rectangle!
Worked examples
Real problems from the practice worksheets, solved one step at a time.
Example 1
Is this a rectangle or a hexagon?
- A rectangle has 4 straight sides — 2 long and 2 short — and 4 square corners. A hexagon has 6 straight sides and 6 corners.
- Count the sides and corners of this shape: it has 6 straight sides and 6 corners.
- So it is a hexagon.
Answer: hexagon
Example 2
Is this a circle or a rectangle?
- A circle is round, with no straight sides and no corners. A rectangle has 4 straight sides — 2 long and 2 short — and 4 square corners.
- Count the sides and corners of this shape: it is round, with no straight sides and no corners.
- So it is a circle.
Answer: circle
Example 3
Which shape has more sides: a circle or a rectangle?
- A rectangle has 4 sides.
- A circle has 0 sides.
- 4 is more than 0.
- So the answer is the rectangle.
Answer: rectangle