Grade 2 Practice Problems: Geometry

Examples from Standards Revision and GLEs

2G-20) Look at the shapes below. Show how you would sort them into three groups.
Write what the shapes in each group have in common.

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2G-19)
Draw a smaller square inside the square.
Draw a triangle inside the circle.

2G-18) Draw a rectangle.

2G-17) Draw a shape congruent to this one.

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2G-16)
a.   Andy says that Shapes A and C belong together. Why?
b.   Brianna says that shapes A and B belong together.

Explain why she also is correct.

2G-15) Build the other half. Use the line of symmetry.

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2G-14) Draw one or more lines of symmetry inside each shape.

2G-13)
Four people want to share these six pizzas.
Give each person the same amount.
Show and tell how you would do this.

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Could you do this problem in another way?
Draw 6 more pizzas and show and tell how.

2G-12) If the area of the green triangle is one, name the area of the other pattern blocks below.

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Create two different designs with an area that equals exactly 15.
How many pieces did you use on the first design? The second?
Do your designs have symmetry? Explain.
What else did you notice?

2G-11)

Jan lives on the top floor.

Todd lives 3 floors below Jan.

Sue lives on the bottom floor.

John lives 4 floors above Sue.

Eric lives above Todd.

Gina lives 2 floors below Eric.

Gina lives on the second floor.

Write the name of the person who lives on each floor.

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2G-10) Draw lines to match each shaded part with its fraction name

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2G-9) Draw a four-sided shape that has all sides the same length. Draw it a different way.

2G-8) What fraction of this object is shaded?

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2G-7) Which of these figures is a cylinder?

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2G-6) One face of this object is shaded with a checkerboard pattern.

What is the shape of this face? have aide read

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2G-5) Which shape should go in the set with the three others?

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2G-4) Name the following polygon. How many sides? How many angles?

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2G-3) Is it a prism? How many faces?

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2G-2) Find 5 examples of different geometric shapes seen in nature. Find five shapes made by people. How are they alike? How are they different?

2G-1) There are 6 triangles. How many sides are there?

Expectations & Examples of Geometry from the 2008 Math Standards Revision (draft) - Grade 2

Use the attributes of geometric figures to solve spatial problems. Examples:

Build a figure out of five blocks. Describe it so clearly that someone else could build it without seeing it.
How many different ways can you fill the outline of the figure with pattern blocks? What is the greatest number of blocks you can use? The smallest number? Can you fill the outline with every whole number of blocks between the smallest number of blocks and the greatest number of blocks?

Examples of Geometric Sense from the 2006 GLEs – Grade 2

Describe properties of 2 dimensional geometric figures.

Draw a 2 dimensional figure with given properties.

Sort and label 2 dimensional figures based on their properties.

Tell whether a number is right or left, or above or below a benchmark number up to 1,000 on a horizontal or vertical number line.

Describe the location of a given point between 1 and 1000 on a number line.

Locate a point up to 1000 on a positive number line.

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Grade 2 Practice Problems: Geometry