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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

NameDate

Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: one triangle, a circle and a triangle, four triangles cut from a square, two squares side by side

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

Sort: two circles, two squares side by side, nine small squares in rows of three, four triangles cut from a square

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

Sort: two triangles cut corner to corner from a square, two rectangles cut from a square, two half circles, two squares side by side

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

Sort: two rectangles cut from a square, two triangles cut corner to corner from a square, four triangles cut from a square, a circle and a triangle

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

Sort: nine small squares in rows of three, two rectangles cut from a square, three squares in a row, four small squares

Can make a squareCannot make a square

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Answer key — Two Triangles Make a Square

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

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

More practice for K.G.B.6

Put small shapes together to build bigger ones.

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