Same and Different

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Name Date
DIRECTIONS: Find what is the same and what is different. Stop when you run out.
A
B
For the younger one — say it out loud
  1. How many dots along the top of A? And of B?
  2. Count all of A. Count all of B.
  3. Say one thing that is the same.
  4. Say one thing that is different.
  5. Which one looks bigger? Does it have more?
For the older one — write it down
  1. Write three things that are the same and three that are different.
  2. They have the same total. Explain why, without counting.
  3. Is A the same as B turned round, or genuinely a different arrangement? Defend your answer.
  4. Write a multiplication for each picture. What do the two facts have in common?
Twelve both times? Three fours and four threes are the same amount. Let them be surprised by it.

Same and Different — Shapes

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A
B
For the younger one — say it out loud
  1. How many corners has each one got? How many sides?
  2. Say two things that are the same.
  3. Say two things that are different.
  4. Could you fold either one in half so both bits match? Show where.
For the older one — write it down
  1. Is a square a rectangle? Say why you think so.
  2. Write down every rule that is true of BOTH.
  3. Write down one rule that is true of the square and not the rectangle.
  4. Somebody says "a square is a special rectangle". Somebody else says "a rectangle is a special square". One of them is right. Which, and why?
For the grown-up. A square is a special rectangle: four sides, four right angles. Most rectangles are not squares. If they resist, ask what a rectangle has to have, then check the square.