Teachers, save “Geometric Shape Activity #2” to assign it to your class.

Use the text or typing tool to answer the following questions about the picture. 1. How many rectangles are in the picture? 2. How many triangles are in the picture? 3. How many rhombuses are in the picture? 4. How many cubes are in the picture? 5. How many triangular prisms are in the picture? 6. How many rectangular prisms are in the picture? 7. Do you see any shapes in the buildings that are not listed above? If so what are they? Given your recent engineering challenge why do you think engineers and architects use geometric shapes when designing buildings and bridges?