Teaching Resource
Tangram Treats - Low Colour Task Cards and Templates
A set of 36 low colour tangram task cards separated into three levels, along with two tangram cut-out templates.
Use this resource when exploring geometric shapes and their properties with the students. This resource includes three difficulty levels for the construction of tangram shapes:
- Individual shapes and hues
- Individual shapes with black outline
- Silhouette only with black outline
This resource also contains tangram templates for cutting out which relate to the different levels.
A version without background graphics has been included for low ink printing.
National Curriculum Curriculum alignment
- Mathematics
The principal focus of mathematics teaching in key stage 1 is to ensure that pupils develop confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value. This should involve working with numerals, words and the four operations, includin...
- Geometry
- Properties of shapes
- Position and direction
- Mathematics
The principal focus of mathematics teaching in lower key stage 2 is to ensure that pupils become increasingly fluent with whole numbers and the four operations, including number facts and the concept of place value. This should ensure that pupils dev...
- Geometry
- Properties of shapes
- Mathematics
The principal focus of mathematics teaching in upper key stage 2 is to ensure that pupils extend their understanding of the number system and place value to include larger integers. This should develop the connections that pupils make between multipl...
- Geometry
- Properties of shapes

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