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Identify and describe two-dimensional shapes — Grade 2 Worksheet

Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them.

Grade: Grade 2 Strand: Geometry Standard: 2.G.2 Questions: 10 Est. time: ~15 min Difficulty: Intro Print this page

About this worksheet

Common Core standard 2.G.2: Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them.

This printable practice page focuses on Identify and describe two-dimensional shapes, a core skill in the Grade 2 Geometry strand. It is laid out in a clean single-column format that prints on a standard letter-size sheet. Use it as a do-now, an in-class practice page, an exit ticket, or take-home homework. For more on this skill, see our classroom guide to teaching Identify and describe two-dimensional shapes.

Worked Example

Name the shape with 4 equal sides and 4 right angles.

Solution. A four-sided shape with all sides equal and all right angles is a square.

Answer: square

Practice Problems — 2.G.2

Name: ______________________     Date: __________

  1. How many sides does a hexagon have? Answer: ____________
  2. Name the shape that has 3 sides, 3 corners. Answer: ____________
  3. How many sides does a octagon have? Answer: ____________
  4. Name the shape that has 6 sides. Answer: ____________
  5. How many sides does a octagon have? Answer: ____________
  6. Name the shape that has exactly 1 pair of parallel sides. Answer: ____________
  7. How many sides does a hexagon have? Answer: ____________
  8. Name the shape that has 4 equal sides, 4 right angles. Answer: ____________
  9. How many sides does a rectangle have? Answer: ____________
  10. Name the shape that has 6 sides. Answer: ____________

Answer Key

  1. 6
  2. triangle
  3. 8
  4. hexagon
  5. 8
  6. trapezoid
  7. 6
  8. square
  9. 4
  10. hexagon

How to use this in class

Print one copy per student on standard letter-size paper. The page is sized so a student can complete it in roughly 15 minutes of focused work. If you are pacing a 45-minute math block, this page works well as a do-now while you take attendance, as guided practice after a 10-minute mini-lesson, or as an end-of-class exit ticket. For small-group instruction, project the page on your board, work the first item together as a think-aloud, then have students complete two more independently while you confer. Pair this page with a concrete-pictorial-abstract progression when introducing the skill for the first time.

How to use this at home

Sit beside your child rather than across from them. Read the standard description above out loud once before they start. Resist the urge to correct as they go — let them finish the page, then circle two or three items you want to revisit together. Most parents find that one printable a day, three or four days a week, is enough to keep a child fluent without making math feel like a chore.

Standards alignment & what comes next

This page is aligned to Common Core standard 2.G.2 in the Geometry strand for Grade 2. The skill connects upward to later-grade work in the same strand and downward to the prerequisites students should have already mastered. If your district uses a different framework, the standard text above will help you map this page into your scope-and-sequence document. For deeper background on the standard's progression, see the Common Core Math Standards progression document.

Teacher / Parent Note

The questions here are randomly seeded from a deterministic generator, so each standard's worksheet is unique but reproducible. If you reload the page you will see the same problem set — perfect for printing the same copy for an absent student a week later. Difficulty: Intro.

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