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PP2: Shape explorers

Match sides and corners, find shapes in scenes and combine picture clues.

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Try a quick challenge

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ExploreSolids and nets

Which solid has round flat ends and a curved side?

  1. Picture A
  2. Picture B
  3. Picture C
  4. Picture D
Need a hint?

Check the curved parts and the flat ends.

Answer & method
Answer D: Picture D

A can rolls on its side and stacks on its flat end.

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ReasonShapes and their properties

Look at the panel. How many rectangles can you find?

  1. 0
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. 2
Need a hint?

Point to each rectangle, not every patch.

Answer & method
Answer C: 1

1 of the 6 patches is a rectangle.

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StretchShapes and their properties

A triangle has how many corners?

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 5
Need a hint?

Picture the shape and count one side or corner at a time.

Answer & method
Answer A: 3

A triangle has 3 corners.

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For grown-ups

Ideas to practise

  • Shapes and their properties. Count straight sides and corners carefully. A curved edge is not a straight side.
  • Solids and nets. Follow which faces meet when folded. A face touching another in the net cannot be opposite it.
  • Reflection and symmetry. A mirror reverses left and right, but not top and bottom.

A game mission has 5 untimed questions. Only the game saves choices and hints. A finished mission earns one launch charge and participation towards the Supply deck in Planet Hopper. The chapter goal is 5 different questions in finished sets; hints and wrong answers count as participation, not mastery. Some craft systems link more than one chapter.

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Explore

Foundations: read a representation and practise the underlying idea.

  • Count selected shapes in a scene
  • Count the sides or corners of a shape
  • Pick a shape by its corners
  • Match a solid to what it can do
  • Choose two shapes to build a sign
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Reason

Paper-style reasoning: connect clues, interpret a diagram or work backwards.

  • Count selected shapes in a scene
  • Count the sides or corners of a shape
  • Pick a shape by its corners
  • Match a solid to what it can do
  • Complete a mirror picture
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Stretch

Higher-order practice: link conditions, test statements and avoid a tempting wrong method.

  • Count selected shapes in a scene
  • Count the sides or corners of a shape
  • Pick a shape by its corners
  • Match a solid to what it can do
  • Complete a mirror picture
  • Choose two shapes to build a sign
Play Stretch

Levels change representations, clues and conditions, not just the numbers. These are practice formats, not validated exam-equivalent difficulty.

Using the feedback

Learning reports distinguish hinted answers from independent first choices. They consider up to 20 recent different, unhinted questions per skill and level, and wait for at least five before suggesting extra practice. Repeating the same question does not add evidence. Reports are practice evidence, not IQ scores, diagnoses, ranks or predictions of competition results.

Ask the learner to explain a drawing or check with objects too. Choose Explore or an earlier chapter when a step feels too large.

Sources & limits

PP1 and PP2 are Otterly pre-primary readiness activities, not official SOF IMO levels or formal Olympiad papers. The CREST KG sample informed picture-led activities; it does not establish an equivalent school level.

Questions, diagrams, picture choices, hints and explanations are original Otterly work, not copied paper questions or publisher artwork. No Olympiad provider is affiliated with or endorses Space Academy. This is not complete exam preparation; follow classroom teaching and check the current official syllabus too. Independent educator review is still needed for difficulty and breadth.

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Original Otterly practice, not an official exam. Game progress stays on this browser.