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A Square Belongs to the Rectangle Family
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Today I am practising: using right angles and equal sides to compare rectangles and squares
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Draw a rectangle that has two long sides and two short sides.
2
Use a paper corner to check the four corners of your rectangle.
3
Draw a square. Mark its four equal sides.
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Does the square also have four square corners? Check.
5
Explain why every square meets the rectangle rule: four straight sides and four right angles.
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Is every rectangle a square? Use your first drawing as evidence.
- Use the corner of a sheet as a right-angle checker.
- State that squares are a special kind of rectangle.
- Separate side-length conditions from angle conditions.