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Tangram Puzzles - Shapes Activity Worksheet

Cut, arrange and learn shapes the tangram way

A hands-on worksheet on tangram puzzles that helps students recognise triangles, squares and parallelograms while building basic geometry sense.

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A classic seven-piece tangram square split into triangles, a square and a parallelogram, rearranged into the shape of a running cat
Coloring Page

Color Your Tangram Set

Color the picture using your favorite colors!

A seven-piece tangram set arranged into the shape of a sailboat, with each triangle, the square and the parallelogram left blank for coloring

Download the worksheet PDF to print this page and color it in with crayons or pencils.

Matching

Match the Shape to Its Name

Draw a line from each tangram piece on the left to its correct shape name on the right.

1. 3-sided piece with all sides different or equal
2. 4-sided piece with all sides equal and 4 right angles
3. 4-sided piece with slanted opposite sides
4. Biggest piece in the tangram set
5. Smallest piece in the tangram set
6. Total number of pieces in a tangram set
Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the Blanks

Use the word bank to complete each sentence about tangrams.

1.A tangram puzzle is made up of flat pieces.
2.The tangram puzzle originally comes from .
3.Out of the seven pieces, five are .
4.A tangram set has exactly one shaped piece with four equal sides.
5.The odd-looking four sided piece with slanted sides is called a .
6.When making a tangram picture, the pieces must not each other.
True / False

True or False?

Read each statement carefully and write True or False.

1. A tangram set has seven pieces in total.
2. A tangram set has three square pieces.
3. You can flip and rotate tangram pieces to make new pictures.
4. Tangram pieces are allowed to overlap when forming a picture.
5. All seven tangram pieces together can be arranged back into one big square.
6. A tangram set has only curved pieces, no straight edges.
Written by Lernizy Editorial Team
Updated 27 Aug 2026