Shape

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Shapes are geometric figures.

Contents 1 Examples of Shapes 1.1 Shapes that can be pictured on a piece of paper 1.2 Shapes that cannot be pictured on a piece of paper 2 Special shapes

[edit] Examples of Shapes

[edit] Shapes that can be pictured on a piece of paper

• circles
• squares
• triangles
• ovals

These are two dimensional shapes or plane geometry shapes. They can look like anything and can have any number of sides. The sides can be straight or curved. Triangles and squares are polygons.

The sides of these shapes are lines.

[edit] Shapes that cannot be pictured on a piece of paper

• balls
• cubes
• cones
• pyramids

These are three dimensional shapes. The sides of these shapes are surfaces. Again, the sides can be straight or curved.

[edit] Special shapes

Some shapes are special shapes. Some special shapes have special properties. Some special shapes are less common than the shapes above. Some special shapes can not be made in a real space.