2D Shapes and Patterns: Panels, Flags and Tiles - Class 3 Maths Worksheet
Meet the pentagon and hexagon on a football, count sides and corners, and carry on repeating, number and growing patterns.
Learning Objective
Name triangle, rectangle, square, pentagon, hexagon and circle, count their sides and corners, and continue repeating, number and growing patterns.
Skills Practised
- Pentagon and hexagon
- Sides and corners
- Tracing and cutting shapes
- Repeating patterns
- Number and growing patterns
Preview Questions
Q1. A pentagon has 5 sides. How many corners does a pentagon have?
- 6
- 5
- 3
- 4
Q2. A hexagon has 6 sides. How many corners does a hexagon have?
- 6
- 8
- 7
- 5
Q3. A classic football is made of 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons. How many panels does it have altogether?
- 31
- 30
- 32
- 22
Interactive Story Mission
Join Coach and Pariskhit for a 10-minute football training story. Children work through 12 activities with big buttons, kind feedback, hints when they get stuck, and a badge and stars at the end.
- Find the Pentagon: Tap the pentagon. It has 5 sides.
- Find the Hexagon: Tap the hexagon. It has 6 sides.
- Sort by Sides: Tap a card. Then tap the group with the same number of sides.
- Corners of a Pentagon: Count the corners.
- Sides of a Hexagon: Count the sides.
- Panels of a Football: Add the patches.
- Trace the Cone: Rahul traces around the flat round base of a marker cone. Tap the shape he draws.
- Cone Pattern: Carry on the pattern.
- Number Pattern: Find the rule, then the next number.
- Growing Cones: Look at how the rows grow.
- Describe the Rule: Read the numbers.
- The 10th Item: Find the part that repeats.
Note for Parents & Teachers
This follows the NCERT Class 3 chapter "Fun with Shapes". A classic football is made of 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons. At home, look at a football or a tiled floor and name the shapes, then make a pattern with buttons or coins and ask what comes next.