Explore, discuss and identify shapes that are and are not circles | Maths

Starter quiz

Which shape has one straight side?
- A
- B
- C ✓
Which shapes have only one curved line?
- A ✓
- B ✓
- C
True or false? This shape has a curved line that is always an equal distance from the centre.
- True ✓
- False
This shape is not a circle because __________.
- it has one curved line.
- the line is always an equal distance from the centre.
- it has straight sides. ✓
Which of these shapes could go in the “circles” group?
- A ✓
- B
- C
A circle __________ has only one curved line.
- always ✓
- sometimes
- never

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Describe what the outside of a circle feels like.
Identify shapes that are circles because they are round and the outside is always an equal distance from the centre.
Identify shapes that are not circles and explain why.

Children may think that ovals are also circles.

Emphasise that the outside of a circle is always an equal distance from the centre by exploring and drawing around different cut-outs.

Circle - A 2D shape that has one curved line which is always an equal distance from the centre.
Curved - A line or surface that is not straight or flat.
Centre - The middle of something.
Equal - The same.