2D shapes and their properties

Can you recreate squares and rhombuses if you are only given a side or a diagonal?

Use a single sheet of A4 paper and make a cylinder having the greatest possible volume. The cylinder must be closed off by a circle at each end.

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a rhombus.

This shape comprises four semi-circles. What is the relationship between the area of the shaded region and the area of the circle on AB as diameter?

Have a go at creating these images based on circles. What do you notice about the areas of the different sections?

Where should runners start the 200m race so that they have all run the same distance by the finish?

A square of area 40 square cms is inscribed in a semicircle. Find the area of the square that could be inscribed in a circle of the same radius.

The diagonals of a trapezium divide it into four parts. Can you create a trapezium where three of those parts are equal in area?