Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 1 – Understand and use letter and labelling conventions including those for

geometric figures Answers

Question Answer

a), b)

Students can shade either the red triangle (ADE) or the green triangle (ABD).
Each of the triangles are isosceles.

multiple possible answers, e.g.:

F

3 E G

a) Shape RST is a triangle.

PU is a line segment.
Angle QPU is a right angle.
4
The shaded triangle is called triangle RTU.
b) PQRU and RSTU

No.
She has got the letters in the wrong order.
5
The lines meet at A, so the angle is BAC or CAB.

a) CED
b) PQR
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c) reflex angle PQR
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 1 – Understand and use letter and labelling conventions including those for
geometric figures Answers

Question Answer
a)

7 b)

They are the same angle.

a)

𝒙
8

b) triangles: multiple possible answers, e.g.: GFH and DGH

kite: GHIJ
arrowhead: EGDI
vertical line segment: CG, FG, CF or DE
horizontal line segment: CD or EF
c) If three of the letters are on a straight line, then four letters will describe a triangle, e.g.
EHGJ.
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 2 – Draw and measure line segments including geometric figures Answers

Throughout this worksheet, measured lengths will depend on how the worksheet is printed. The given
answers are for the A4 booklet.

Question Answer
a) accurate drawing of 5 cm line labelled AB
b) accurate drawing of 7 cm line labelled XY
1
c) accurate drawing of 4.5 cm line labelled MN

a) BC = 6 cm
b) ST = 8.7 cm
2
c) PQ = 3.2 cm

multiple possible answers, e.g.:

F

D E

WZ = XY = 5 cm and WX is parallel to ZY.

4 So WXYZ is isosceles.

a) B C

5
A D
b) BD = 5.8 cm
c) AC = 5.8 cm
The two diagonals of a rectangle are equal length, so there is no need to measure AC.

a) accurate drawing of 4.5 cm line labelled LM

b) accurate drawing of 5.2 cm line labelled EF
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c) accurate drawing of 6.6 cm line labelled JK

7 A B C D
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 2 – Draw and measure line segments including geometric figures Answers
(continued)

Question Answer
a) Dani
AEI = 7.8 cm
ABC = 6 cm
b) multiple possible answers, e.g.:
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DE is equal to EF.
GE is half the length of GEC.
ADG is shorter than AEI.
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 3 – Understand angles as a measure of turn Answers

Question Answer

a), b)

c) 180°

a) school
b) supermarket or restaurant
3 c) She makes a half turn and she is facing the supermarket.
d) bank

quarter turn clockwise

4 three-quarter turn anticlockwise

a) 1 full turn is equal to 360°.

2 full turns are equal to 720°.
3 full turns are equal to 1,080°.
1
2 of a full turn is equal to 180°.
5 1
4 of a full turn is equal to 90°.
3
4 of a full turn is equal to 270°.
b) 990°
c) 480°

a) east
b) south-west
6
c) 270°

216°
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Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 4 – Classify angles Answers

Question Answer

1 C E D F B A

a) obtuse
b) acute
c) obtuse
d) reflex
e) reflex
4
f) acute
g) acute
h) obtuse
i) reflex

O O

5
A A
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 4 – Classify angles Answers (answers)

Question Answer

square 0 0 4 0

parallelogram 2 2 0 0

pentagon 0 5 0 0
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right-
angled 2 0 1 0
triangle
trapezium 2 2 0 0

hexagon 0 0 5 1

All the acute and obtuse angles will become reflex angles.
The reflex angle in shape F will become a right angle.
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 5 – Measure angles up to 180° Answers

Question Answer
a) 70°
b) 125°
1 c) 160°
d) 93°

a) The angle is an obtuse angle so is more than 90°.

b) She has read the scale from the wrong end of the protractor.
2
c) 150°

a) 50°
3 b) The line segments either side of the angle are longer.

a) 48°
b) 126°
c) 127°
4 d) 95°
e) 25°
f) 148°

130°
5
25° 25°
Check that the angles add up to 180°.

a) 27°
b) 45°
c) 45°
6 d) 90°
e) 18°
f) 135°

a) 161°
7 b) 133°
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 6 – Draw angles up to 180° Answers

Question Answer
a)

b)

c)

d)

He has read the scale from the wrong end of the protractor.
2
a)

3
b)

Both angles should be this size.

5
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 6 – Draw angles up to 180° Answers (continued)

Question Answer
a) P

R Q
6
b) X

Y Z

student’s treasure hunt

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Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 7 – Draw and measure angles between 180° and 360° Answers

Question Answer
a) 200°
b) 295°
c) 232°
d) 315°
1
e) 270°
f) 219°
Students may have measured the acute or obtuse angle and subtracted it from 360°.

She has measured the obtuse angle instead of the reflex angle.
2 The correct angle is 240°.

54°

99°
212°
3
205°
63°
87°

Draw an angle of 360 − 225 = 135°.

4 The reflex angle is 225°.

a)

5 b)

c)

3.5 cm
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 7 – Draw and measure angles between 180° and 360° Answers (continued)

Question Answer

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Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 8 – Identify perpendicular and parallel lines Answers

Question Answer

! !

multiple possible answers, e.g.:

multiple possible answers, e.g.:

a), b)
4

No.
5 If the lines are extended they will meet. They are not a constant distance apart.

a) Draw a line and mark a number of points the same distance from the line at right angles
to the line.
or
Draw either side of a ruler.
6
b) drawing of two parallel lines
c) Measure the distance between the lines at several positions to check that the lines are
parallel.
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 8 – Identify perpendicular and parallel lines Answers (continued)

Question Answer
a) AB is parallel to CD.
b) IJ is perpendicular to AB and CD.
7 c) EF is parallel to OP.
d) KL is perpendicular to MN.

a) AF, BC and DE
b) AB, CD and EF
8
c) AF, BC and DE

multiple possible answers, e.g.:

square
rectangle
parallelogram
rhombus
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regular hexagon
regular octagon

Students should mark the pairs of parallel lines with single and double arrows.
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 9 – Recognise types of triangle Answers

Question Answer
a) isosceles
b) equilateral
c) scalene
1 d) right-angled
e) scalene
f) isosceles

The measurements here are for the booklet. Lengths of sides measured on the worksheets
will depend on how the worksheets are printed.
a)
60°
5.9 cm 5.9 cm

60° 60°
5.9 cm
equilateral
b) 6.4 cm
79°
56°
5.4 cm

56° 7.6 cm
2
scalene
c) 73° 8.3 cm
4.9 cm 34°
73° 8.3 cm
isosceles
d)
5.2 cm 90°
5.2 cm
45°
45°
7.3 cm
right-angle, isosceles
It is both right-angled and isosceles.

multiple possible answers, e.g.:

c)
a)
3

b) d)
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 9 – Recognise types of triangle Answers (continued)

Question Answer
No.

isosceles
5 Two of its sides are radii of the circle, and so are equal.

No.
6 The angles are 69°, 66° and 45°.

false
7 Only equilateral triangles have three lines of symmetry.
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 10 – Recognise types of quadrilateral Answers

Question Answer
a) rectangle
b) parallelogram
c) kite
d) square
1 e) trapezium
f) rhombus
Students could discuss the number of equal angles and sides and whether the sides are
parallel.

The measurements here are for the booklet. Lengths of sides measured on the worksheets
will depend on how the worksheets are printed.
3 cm

2 3 cm 3 cm

3 cm
square

multiple possible answers, e.g.:

a) b) c)
3

a) A rectangle has four right angles and two pairs of equal parallel sides.
b)
! ! !
4

c) Students may rewrite their definition.

Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 10 – Recognise types of quadrilateral Answers (continued)

Question Answer

right trapezium

a) true
Squares have two pairs of equal parallel sides and four right angles.
b) false
Rectangles have two pairs of equal parallel sides and four right angles, but the two pairs
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of sides may not be the same length.
c) true
Rectangles have two pairs of equal parallel sides.

parallelogram rhombus kite

Any vertex could be moved along one of the sides of the rectangle.
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Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 11 – Identify polygons up to a decagon Answers

Question Answer
a)

! !

! !

! !

b) Reasons include:
curved edges
non-continuous edges
c) A polygon is a 2D shape with continuous straight edges and no curved edges.

a) rectangle
b) triangle
c) pentagon
3 d) octagon
e) heptagon
f) hexagon
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 11 – Identify polygons up to a decagon Answers (continued)

Question Answer
multiple possible answers, e.g.:

a)
c)
e)

4 b)
d)

f)

a) They both have six straight sides.

In ABCDEF, all the angles are equal. In GHIJKL, the angles are not all equal.
5
b) In a regular polygon all the sides and all the angles are equal.

No.
6 In a rhombus, the angles are not all equal. There are two pairs of equal angles.

!
!
7
The regular polygons have equal sides and equal angles.

No.

The shape has nine sides and not all the angles are equal.
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 12 – Construct triangles using SSS Answers

Question Answer

It does not matter which side is drawn first.

accurate drawing of equilateral triangle – check all sides are 5 cm

2
a)

b) height of triangle = 4 cm
1
area = 2 × 6 × 4 = 12 cm2

90°
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 12 – Construct triangles using SSS Answers (continued)

Question Answer
a)

b) The total of the two shorter sides is less than the length of the long side.
c)

5 !

146°
6
multiple possible answers
Check that the sides of triangle sum to 15 cm.

If the sides are all integers, the possible triangles are:

1 cm, 7 cm, 7 cm
2 cm, 6 cm, 7 cm
7
3 cm, 5 cm, 7 cm
3 cm, 6 cm, 7 cm
4 cm, 4 cm, 7 cm
4 cm, 5 cm, 6 cm
5 cm, 5 cm, 5 cm
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 13 – Construct triangles using SSS, SAS and ASA Answers

Question Answer
a)

1 b)

It does not matter which of the given sides is drawn first.

𝑎 = 4.4 cm
2
a)

b)
3

Draw the given side

Draw the lines at the two angles.
The third vertex is where the lines intersect.

perimeter = 7.4 cm perimeter = 7.6 cm

Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 13 – Construct triangles using SSS, SAS and ASA Answers (continued)

Question Answer
a) R

P Q
b) 7.5 cm

Method 1: Construct a triangle with three sides of 60 mm. (SSS)

Method 2: Construct a triangle with two sides of 60 mm and the angle between the sides of
6 60°. (SAS)
Method 3: Construct a triangle with a base of 60 mm and two angles of 60°. (ASA)

Dexter is correct.
7 Rosie is incorrect. The triangle can be any size but its angles stay the same.
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 14 – Construct more complex polygons Answers

Question Answer
a)

b)

3
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 14 – Construct more complex polygons Answers (continued)

Question Answer
There are two possible triangles:

Set the compasses equal to the radius.

Place the point on the circumference and draw an arc on the circumference.
Move the point to where the arc intersects the circumference and draw the next arc on the
5 circumference.
Continue until you are back at the start.
Join the points on the circumference intersected by the arcs.

a) Draw the base.

Draw a line at the specified angle.
Measure the side length on this line.
Draw a line at the other end of the base at 180°− the specified angle.
Measure the side length on this line.
Join the tops of the two sides.
b) student’s drawings of parallelograms
6 c)
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 15 – Interpret simple pie charts using proportion Answers

Question Answer
a) orange
b) blue
1
c)
2
3
d) 10
1 1
e) 5
f) 3
g) 21
Students need to be able to explain their method to their partner.

a) not enough information

The pie chart only shows proportions, so there is no information on the number of
games.
b) true
The same proportion of the pie chart is shaded for win and draw.
c) not enough information
The pie chart only shows proportions. Greenline Rovers won a greater proportion of their
2
games, but Bluedot Rangers may have played more games in total.
d) true
The proportion of the chart is greater for win for Greenline Rovers than for Bluedot
Rangers.
Greenline Rovers, because they win a greater proportion of their games and draw the same
proportion as Bluedot Rangers.

a) false
Twice as many students chose basketball as chose football.
b) true
The proportion for football is twice the size of the proportion for basketball.
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c) No.
The pie chart only shows proportions, so there is no information on the number of
students in each class.

a)

b) 45

a) Each section of the pie chart does not necessarily represent one person.
5 b) 90
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 16 – Interpret pie charts using a protractor Answers

Question Answer
a) Spanish
b) German
c) They are both correct.
1
1 4 of the pie chart is shaded for French.
The angle of the sector for French is 90°
1 90
4 is equivalent to 360

1
a) 2
2 b) 90

a) Yes.
A greater proportion of the pie chart is shaded for Maths.
b) false
3 140° is less than half the circle.
1 7 11 1
c) Science 4 Maths 18 English 36 PE 18
d) 9

20

10
4
40

50

50
Some students may have worked out the difference between 3 or more pets and 1 pet as
5
10%, and then found 10% of 500, rather than finding the numbers for the categories.

a) The proportions are the same.

6 b) 315

£631.25
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Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 17 – Draw pie charts Answers

Question Answer
a) Filip has written the frequency for red as a fraction of the total and then converted this to
an equivalent fraction with denominator 360
b)

180° 70° 80° 30°

c) other
1

green
red

blue

93° 168° 75° 24°

bike
2
bus
car

walk

No.
Dani has drawn each sector with the number of degrees equal to the frequency.
3
She needs to work out the angle for each sector as a proportion of 360°.
Y7 – Summer – Block 1 – Step 17 – Draw pie charts Answers (continued)

Question Answer

other
pop

R&B
4
rock
indie
dance

136°

9 72°

72°
5

other
read
play
computer
games
play
sport draw