Skill: Shape and space

Resources: The shapes on the activity template cut out. Scissors.

Activity: Each pupil or pair of pupils has a set of coloured/shaded shapes which were cut out from the template below. The cut-out shapes were from two squares which were based on two of the sides of the right-angled triangle shown. Pupils must assemble the shapes into the larger square, which is based on the third side of the right-angled triangle. The third side of the right-angled triangle is labelled c below. It is the longest side of the triangle and is known as the hypotenuse. Students may have to twist, turn, flip and rotate the shapes to get all them to fit into the square of the hypotenuse.