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Problems in this category require students to classify and understand the relations that exist in two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects. They may require students understand concepts of congruence, similarity, symmetry, or tessellations.
For problems that involve measurement, please see the Measurement topic.
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Interactive resources from our Math Tools project:
Math 4: Geometry in the Plane
Math 4: Geometry in Space
The closest match in our Ask Dr. Math archives:
Elementary Geometry
NCTM Standards:
Geometry Standard for Grades 3-5
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Bunches of Basil
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine the maximum number of basil plants I will have after I finish thinning the garden.
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Circles Around
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Use this exploration problem to discover the relation between circumference and diameter.
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Cubic Changes
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Determine how the volume and surface area of a cube change when the edge length is changed.
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Filling the Freezer
- Kristina Lasher
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. How many cartons of ice cream can the Math Club fit in their freezer?
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Frog Farming
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Farmer Mead build a rectangular pen that holds the greatest
number of frogs.
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Frugal Flooring
- Marita Paynter
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Graeme determine how many tiles he needs to decorate his new bedroom and whether or not he can afford them.
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Hauling Sand
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How many tons of sand can Marty haul in his dump truck?
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
- Team 7 Red Math Students -- Highland Middle School
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Elementary, difficulty level 4. Help the HMS students find out how many ways they can arrange their schoolyard garden.
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I Get A Kick Out Of Soccer!
- Judy Ann Brown
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many laps of the soccer field would a team member need to complete to run more than a mile?
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Jellybean Rectangles
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Have fun figuring out strategy in the Jellybean Rectangle game.
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Lost in Space
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Figure out how big an error the engineers made when they mixed up their units.
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Lucky Lettuce Land
- Kainoa Trotter, et al.
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help Farmer Lucky fence his lettuce land.
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Mini-Mall Measurements
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Use given measurements of the stores in the mini-mall to find the area
and dimensions of
other stores.
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Mini-Movie Theater Seating
- Chrissy Stewart (adapted)
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Elementary, difficulty level 3. How many rowdy kids can sit in the Mini-Movie Theater?
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More Mowing Madness
- George Miller and Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Where should Matt and Georgette change places to evenly split their "Matt-mowing" work?
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Mowing Madness
- George Miller and Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Using a special "Matt-mowing" technique, find the dimensions of the last rectangle to be mowed in a 48 ft. by 64 ft. yard.
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Nova Scotia Quilt
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Use the area of a rectangular bed quilt to determine its dimensions.
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Penny Space
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Determine the space needed to store a million pennies.
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Puzzling Puzzle Pieces
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Explore the ways 108 puzzle pieces can be arranged.
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Rabbit's Run
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Help Regina develop options for building her rabbit's run.
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Special Stars
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Calculate the number of pipe cleaners Leah used to create a Star of David chain.
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Splish Splash
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine the ratio of my volume to T.J.'s volume.
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Stained Glass Window
- Jackson First Year Algebra Class
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Elementary, difficulty level 5. Find the size of a stained glass window for my front door.
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Tangrams
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Discover some of the relationships among the pieces in a set of Tangrams.
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Teresa's Tiles
- Kristina Lasher
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many square tiles does Teresa need to cover her bathroom floor?
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The Teddy Bears' Banquet *
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many bears can be seated at the banquet?
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Trapezoid Teatime
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Find out how many guests can sit at a row of trapezoid tables at the school volunteers' tea.
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Tricky Triangles
- Lisa Lavelle
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Elementary, difficulty level 3. Arrange six toothpicks to create special triangles.
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Volume Experiment
- Judy Ann Brown
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Make a prediction, conduct an experiment, and report your findings.
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