Quadrilateral Families is a free printable Grade 5 maths worksheet on which four-sided shapes belong to which family, aligned to Common Core standard 5.G.B.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 pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
5.G.B.3
Write the name of each shape.
LessonPrint · 5.G.B.3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises which four-sided shapes belong to which family — 6 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core 5.G.B.3: Understand how shape categories fit inside one another. The instruction to pupils is “Write the name of each shape”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.B.3 — 5.G.B.3, in the Geometry domain for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Quadrilateral Families is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on 5.G.B.3, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 6 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Yes. Quadrilateral Families, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Yes — “How Shape Categories Nest” is a 50-minute Grade 5 plan for 5.G.B.3, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Quadrilateral Families is the practice that follows it.
Understand how shape categories fit inside one another.
Teaching this next? How Shape Categories Nest is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5.G.B.3 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.