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Squares Are Rectangles is a free printable Grade 5 maths worksheet on how shape categories nest, aligned to Common Core standard 5.G.B.3. It prints 5 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.

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Squares Are Rectangles

5.G.B.3

NameDate

Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: triangle, rectangle, square, trapezoid

Always a rectangleNot always
2.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: rectangle, chessboard, parallelogram, triangle

Always a rectangleNot always
3.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: square, oblong, triangle, parallelogram

Always a rectangleNot always
4.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: kite, chessboard, oblong, rhombus

Always a rectangleNot always
5.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: triangle, trapezoid, kite, square

Always a rectangleNot always

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Answer key — Squares Are Rectangles

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Always a rectangle: rectangle, square; Not always: triangle, trapezoid
  2. 2.Always a rectangle: rectangle, chessboard; Not always: parallelogram, triangle
  3. 3.Always a rectangle: square, oblong; Not always: triangle, parallelogram
  4. 4.Always a rectangle: chessboard, oblong; Not always: kite, rhombus
  5. 5.Always a rectangle: square; Not always: triangle, trapezoid, kite

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5.G.B.3 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.