Name Shapes by Sides is a free printable Grade 2 math worksheet on identifying a shape from its side count, aligned to Common Core standard 2.G.A.1. It prints 6 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.
2.G.A.1
Count the sides, then name the shape.
LessonPrint · 2.G.A.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practices identifying a shape from its side count — 6 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core 2.G.A.1: Recognize and draw shapes by their number of sides and angles. The instruction to students is “Count the sides, then name the shape”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.G.A.1 — 2.G.A.1, under Geometry for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Name Shapes by Sides is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on 2.G.A.1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 6 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 student, 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. Name Shapes by Sides, 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.
Yes — “Recognizing Shapes by Attributes” is a 45-minute Grade 2 plan for 2.G.A.1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Name Shapes by Sides is the practice that follows it.
Recognize and draw shapes by their number of sides and angles.
Teaching this next? Recognizing Shapes by Attributes is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2.G.A.1 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.