How Many Small Shapes? is a free printable Kindergarten maths worksheet on counting the parts of a composed figure, aligned to Common Core standard K.G.B.6. 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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Count and write how many.
LessonPrint · K.G.B.6 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises counting the parts of a composed figure — 5 questions for Kindergarten, all on Common Core K.G.B.6: Put small shapes together to build bigger ones. The instruction to pupils is “Count and write how many”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.B.6 — K.G.B.6, in the Geometry domain for Kindergarten. The published standard reads: “Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
How Many Small Shapes? is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K.G.B.6, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 5 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. How Many Small Shapes?, 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.
Put small shapes together to build bigger ones.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K.G.B.6 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.