Video Transcript
Let’s think about rectangles! This shape has five sides. Is it a rectangle? This shape has four sides. Is it a rectangle? This shape has four sides. One of its sides is curved. Is it a rectangle? This shape has four sides. Its corners are not the same. Is it a rectangle? This is a square. Is it also a rectangle?
Let’s think about rectangles. What do we know about
rectangles? We know a rectangle has four sides,
four straight sides to be precise. We also know that the sides, which
are opposite in a rectangle, are the same length. A rectangle also has four right
angles. We’re given five different
shapes. Each of the shapes are different,
but each time we have to work out if the shape is a rectangle.
Let’s start by looking at the first
shape. This shape has five sides. Is it a rectangle? No, rectangles have four sides. The second shape has four
sides. It could be a rectangle. It has four straight sides. The opposite sides are the same
length and it has four right angles. So the answer to the question, is
it a rectangle, is yes. The third shape has four sides, so
it could be a rectangle. But one of its sides is curved. We know that rectangles have four
straight sides. So the answer to the question, is
it a rectangle, is no.
Let’s look at the fourth shape. It has four sides, so it could be a
rectangle, but its corners are not the same. It doesn’t have any right
angles. So the answer to the question, is
it a rectangle, is no. Our fifth shape is a square. And the question asks, is it also a
rectangle? It does have four straight sides,
its opposite sides are the same length, and it has four right angles. So the answer to the question, is
it also a rectangle, is yes. We were asked to think about
rectangles.
We were shown five different shapes
and asked if they were rectangles. The first shape isn’t a
rectangle. It has five sides. Rectangles have four sides. The second shape is a
rectangle. It has four sides. The opposite sides are equal in
length and it has four right angles. The third shape isn’t a
rectangle. Although it has four sides, one of
its sides are curved. Rectangles have four straight
sides. The fourth shape isn’t a rectangle,
either. It has four sides, but it doesn’t
have any right angles. Rectangles have four right
angles. And our fifth shape is a
square. A square is also a rectangle. A square has four straight sides,
its opposite sides are equally length, and it has four right angles.
