Extension Questions | Shape | Year 3

Deepen and develop your Year 3 pupils' understanding of shape with these extension questions.

These 10 extension questions have been designed to allow pupils to go further in their understanding of shape with a range of reasoning and problem solving questions.

This resource can be used as part of an extension activity for individual pupils or pairs or as part of a whole class discussion. Some teachers also set the extension questions as a homework activity or to provide additional challenges outside the classroom.

For those taking a maths mastery approach to teaching within a mixed ability class these extension questions are invaluable at allowing all pupils to work towards mastery of shape.

This resource was created in response to teachers wanting more interesting and complex questions for their pupils, but also knowing that these questions take a long time to create.

We’ve now done the work so you don’t have to!

Suitable to use with mastery schemes such as White Rose.

What to expect from these Year 3 shape extension questions:

• Drawing pictorial representations for given 2-D shapes.

• Identifying and explaining the odd one out in a set of angles.

• Proving if a statement is true or false using mathematically accurate language.

• Identifying and explaining the similarities and differences between 2-D shapes.

• Identifying, analysing and explaining mistakes made with 3-D and 2-D shapes.