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Overlaps

Age 5 to 7

Challenge Level Yellow star

Primary curriculum

If I have these two shapes:

and I overlap them a bit, I get this:

The overlapped part looks like this:

Can you match these pairs of shapes with the shape you would get if you overlapped them?

pairs of shapes to match with shapes of overlap

What other interesting overlap shapes can you make using a square, a rectangle and an equilateral triangle?

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