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Two Triangles Make a Square is a free printable Kindergarten math worksheet on composing a larger shape from smaller ones, 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 students 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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Two Triangles Make a Square

K.G.B.6

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Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: four small squares, two triangles cut corner to corner from a square, two half circles, a circle and a triangle

Can make a squareCannot make a square
2.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: four triangles cut from a square, one triangle, three squares in a row, four small squares

Can make a squareCannot make a square
3.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: a circle and a triangle, two half circles, four small squares, three squares in a row

Can make a squareCannot make a square
4.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: two squares side by side, nine small squares in rows of three, one triangle, a circle and a triangle

Can make a squareCannot make a square
5.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: three squares in a row, two half circles, two rectangles cut from a square, two triangles cut corner to corner from a square

Can make a squareCannot make a square

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Answer key — Two Triangles Make a Square

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Can make a square: four small squares, two triangles cut corner to corner from a square; Cannot make a square: two half circles, a circle and a triangle
  2. 2.Can make a square: four triangles cut from a square, four small squares; Cannot make a square: one triangle, three squares in a row
  3. 3.Can make a square: four small squares; Cannot make a square: a circle and a triangle, two half circles, three squares in a row
  4. 4.Can make a square: nine small squares in rows of three; Cannot make a square: two squares side by side, one triangle, a circle and a triangle
  5. 5.Can make a square: two rectangles cut from a square, two triangles cut corner to corner from a square; Cannot make a square: three squares in a row, two half circles

More practice for K.G.B.6

Put small shapes together to build bigger ones.

Teaching this next? Building Bigger Shapes from Smaller is the 30-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K.G.B.6 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.