Geometry for Third Graders: Learn About Shapes and Their Properties

Question 1

Which shape has eight sides?

Accepted Answer

Octagon

Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Circle

Question 2

Which shape has three sides and three corners?

Accepted Answer

Triangle

Answer

Circle

Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Question 3

Which shape can be folded in half perfectly, creating two equal parts?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Trapezoid

Answer

Triangle

Question 4

Which shape has six equal square sides and is three-dimensional?

Accepted Answer

Cube

Answer

Sphere

Answer

Triangular prism

Answer

Cylinder

Question 5

When you cut a cube in half, parallel to one of its faces, what shape do you get?

Accepted Answer

A square

Answer

A triangle

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A circle

Question 6

Which of the following is a 3-D shape?

Accepted Answer

Sphere

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Circle

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Triangle

Question 7

Which shape has 4 equal sides and 4 right angles?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Circle

Question 8

Which shape is three-dimensional?

Accepted Answer

Sphere

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Circle

Answer

Square

Question 9

A shape with six sides is called a:

Accepted Answer

Hexagon

Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Rectangle

Question 10

Which shape is a polygon?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Sphere

Answer

Cone

Answer

Cylinder

Question 11

Which shape is symmetrical?

Accepted Answer

Circle

Answer

Oval

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Pentagon

Question 12

What is the name of the line that goes through the center of a circle and divides it into two equal halves?

Accepted Answer

Diameter

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Radius

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Circumference

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Chord

Question 13

How many straight sides does a triangle have?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

2

Answer

4

Answer

5

Question 14

Which shape has 4 equal sides and 4 right angles?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Circle

Answer

Rectangle

Question 15

How many corners does a hexagon have?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

7

Question 16

Which of these is a four-sided shape called a quadrilateral?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Circle

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Cone

Question 17

A shape with three sides is called a:

Accepted Answer

Triangle

Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Circle

Question 18

Which of the following shapes is NOT a polygon?

Accepted Answer

Circle

Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Triangle

Question 19

Which shape has the most sides?

Accepted Answer

Octagon

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Square

Answer

Hexagon

Question 20

Which shape has two parallel lines?

Accepted Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Circle

Answer

Triangle

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Cone

Question 21

When two angles that share a side in a quadrilateral add up to 90 degrees, what are these angles called?

Accepted Answer

Complementary angles

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Supplementary angles

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Adjacent angles

Question 22

Which shape has 4 equal sides?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Circle

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Rectangle

Question 23

How many corners does a hexagon have?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

4

Answer

8

Answer

10

Question 24

What is the name of the shape with 3 equal sides?

Accepted Answer

Triangle

Answer

Rhombus

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Pentagon

Answer

Trapezoid

Question 25

Which shape is made up of two different shapes put together?

Accepted Answer

Half circle and rectangle

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Circle

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Square

Question 26

What is the outer boundary of a shape called?

Accepted Answer

Perimeter

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Area

Answer

Diagonal

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Angle

Question 27

Which of these actions will change the size or shape of a figure?

Accepted Answer

Stretching it

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Sliding it

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Turning it

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Flipping it

Question 28

When we say two shapes are congruent, what does that mean?

Accepted Answer

They have the same size and shape.

Answer

They have different colors.

Answer

They are made of different materials.

Answer

They are not exactly the same.

Question 29

Which of the following statements about a square is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

It has four curved sides.

Answer

It has four right angles.

Answer

It has two pairs of parallel sides.

Answer

It has four equal sides.

Question 30

How many sides does a triangle have?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

5

Answer

4

Question 31

Which shape has exactly two parallel sides?

Accepted Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Circle

Question 32

Which of the following is a three-dimensional shape?

Accepted Answer

Sphere

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Question 33

How many corners does a rectangle have?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

6

Question 34

How many faces does a cube have?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

4

Answer

8

Question 35

Which shape has the greatest number of sides?

Accepted Answer

Hexagon

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT a polygon?

Accepted Answer

Circle

Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Triangle

Question 37

Which shape has four equal sides and four right angles?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Circle

Question 38

How many sides does a hexagon have?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

8

Answer

10

Answer

4

Question 39

Which of these is a three-dimensional shape?

Accepted Answer

Cube

Answer

Circle

Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Question 40

What is the name of the shape that resembles a ball?

Accepted Answer

Sphere

Answer

Cylinder

Answer

Cone

Answer

Prism

Question 41

Which of these shapes can be folded into a cube?

Accepted Answer

Net

Answer

Cone

Answer

Sphere

Answer

Cylinder

Question 42

What is the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 6 cm and a width of 4 cm?

Accepted Answer

20 cm

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30 cm

Answer

40 cm

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10 cm

Question 43

What is the volume of a cube with edges measuring 3 cm?

Accepted Answer

27 cm³

Answer

81 cm³

Answer

12 cm³

Answer

9 cm³

Question 44

Which of these is a property of a circle?

Accepted Answer

All points on the circle are the same distance from the center

Answer

It has three vertices

Answer

It has four equal sides

Question 45

Which of the following is NOT a property of a rectangle?

Accepted Answer

Only two parallel sides

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Two pairs of opposite sides are equal

Answer

All four angles are equal

Answer

Opposite sides are parallel and equal

Question 46

How many sides does a hexagon have?

Accepted Answer

6 sides

Answer

10 sides

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4 sides

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8 sides

Question 47

Which of the following is a two-dimensional shape?

Accepted Answer

Triangle

Answer

Sphere

Answer

Cone

Answer

Cube

Question 48

Which of the following polygons is NOT regular?

Accepted Answer

Scalene triangle

Answer

Square

Answer

Equilateral triangle

Answer

Regular hexagon

Question 49

Which of the following is a net for a triangular prism?

Accepted Answer

Two congruent triangles and three rectangles

Answer

Two congruent circles and three squares

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Two congruent squares and two triangles

Question 50

A cube has a side length of 3 cm. What is its volume?

Accepted Answer

27 cm³

Answer

9 cm³

Answer

18 cm³

Answer

36 cm³

Question 51

Which shape has four straight sides and four corners?

Accepted Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Circle

Answer

Triangle

Question 52

How many sides does a pentagon have?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

6

Answer

4

Answer

3

Question 53

Which of these shapes is three-dimensional?

Accepted Answer

Cube

Answer

Square

Answer

Circle

Answer

Triangle

Question 54

If you fold a square in half diagonally, what shape will you create?

Accepted Answer

Triangle

Answer

Circle

Answer

Pentagon

Answer

Rectangle

Question 55

How many corners does a triangle have?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

0

Answer

5

Question 56

Which shape has only curved sides with no corners?

Accepted Answer

Circle

Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Rectangle

Question 57

Which solid figure has a round base and a single, sharp point?

Accepted Answer

Cone

Answer

Sphere

Answer

Cylinder

Answer

Cube

Question 58

Which shape has four straight sides and four corners?

Accepted Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Trapezoid

Answer

Circle

Question 59

If you add up all the angles inside a triangle, what is the total?

Accepted Answer

180 degrees

Answer

90 degrees

Answer

360 degrees

Answer

270 degrees

Question 60

Which of these shapes can you hold in your hand?

Accepted Answer

Cube

Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Question 61

How many flat sides does a cube have?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

8

Answer

10

Answer

4

Question 62

Which of these shapes has all sides the same length and all angles the same size?

Accepted Answer

Equilateral triangle

Answer

Square

Answer

Parallelogram

Answer

Rectangle

Question 63

Which shape is exactly the same size and shape as a square with sides of 4 centimeters?

Accepted Answer

Rectangle with a length of 4 cm and a width of 4 cm

Answer

Triangle with a base of 4 cm and a height of 4 cm

Answer

Circle with a radius of 4 cm

Question 64

What kind of angle is bigger than a right angle but smaller than a straight angle?

Accepted Answer

Obtuse

Answer

Right

Answer

Straight

Answer

Acute