Page 79 - STEPS MATHEMATICS 4A

Skeleton shapes 2-D geometric shapes

Translate' means
'slide' or 'move
m Draw a skeleton cuboid like this: 'in a straight line'.

a Draw the outline of an oblong. b Translate it to a new position.

c Join matching points with
straight lines to construct a cuboid.

d Try again but make
the oblongs overlap.

Start with an equilateral triangle each time.
Try to draw different triangular prisms.

Try translating other polygons in the same way
and joining them to make different skeleton shapes.

CHALLENGE

Try constructing
strange 'tunnels'
like these.