Practice telling the difference between parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines.
Read each problem carefully. Look for lines that never meet, lines that cross, and lines that make square corners. Write your answer on the lines provided.
Identify and describe lines by how they meet
Math - Grade 2-3
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Two train tracks run side by side and stay the same distance apart. What type of lines are they?
- 2
A vertical line crosses a horizontal line and makes a square corner. What type of lines are these?
- 3
Two roads cross each other, but they do not make a square corner. What type of lines are they?
- 4
Look at the letter X. What type of lines do the two slanted parts show?
- 5
Look at the two sides of a ladder. The sides go in the same direction and do not touch. What type of lines are the sides?
- 6
A street sign pole stands straight up from the sidewalk. The pole and the sidewalk make a square corner. What type of lines do they show?
- 7
Write parallel, perpendicular, or intersecting: Two pencils cross like a plus sign.
- 8
Write parallel, perpendicular, or intersecting: Two crayons are lying on a desk side by side and never cross.
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Write parallel, perpendicular, or intersecting: Two sticks cross like the letter V.
- 10
Draw two parallel lines. Then write one sentence to explain how you know they are parallel.
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Draw two perpendicular lines. Then write one sentence to explain how you know they are perpendicular.
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Draw two intersecting lines that are not perpendicular. Then write one sentence to explain your drawing.
- 13
A rectangle has opposite sides that never meet. What type of lines are opposite sides of a rectangle?
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In a rectangle, the top side meets the right side at a square corner. What type of lines are these two sides?
- 15
Sort these line pairs into groups: railroad tracks, a plus sign, and the letter X. Write the correct type for each one.