Cut the Shape is a free printable Grade 2 math worksheet on naming the shapes a cut makes, aligned to Common Core standard 2.G.A.3. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 21 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Cut the Shape

2.G.A.3

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Answer each question.

1.A rectangle is cut across the middle and then down the middle. What shapes do you get?

2.A circle is cut straight through its center. What shapes do you get?

3.A rectangle is cut from one corner to the opposite corner. What shapes do you get?

4.A square is cut down the middle and across the middle. What shapes do you get?

5.A trapezoid pattern block is cut into its three equal pieces. What shapes do you get?

6.A hexagon pattern block is cut into its six equal pieces. What shapes do you get?

LessonPrint · 2.G.A.3 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Cut the Shape

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

1.four rectangles
2.two half circles
3.two triangles
4.four squares
5.three triangles
6.six triangles

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2.G.A.3 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.