Question

pick all the big shapes you can make with these two small shapes.

you are allowed to turn the small shapes.

Explanation:

Analyze the given small shapes

The two small shapes provided at the top are:

1. A rectangle (with four right angles).
2. An isosceles trapezoid (with a shorter top base, a longer bottom base, and two slanted sides).

Evaluate the first option

The first big shape has a flat horizontal bottom, vertical sides going up, and then slanted sides that taper inward to a flat horizontal top.

• If we place the rectangle at the bottom, its top edge matches the longer bottom base of the trapezoid.
• Placing the trapezoid directly on top of the rectangle creates exactly this combined shape.
• Therefore, this shape can be made with the two small shapes.

Evaluate the second option

The second big shape is a T-like shape made of two perpendicular or stepped rectangular blocks.

• It consists entirely of horizontal and vertical edges meeting at right angles.
• Since one of our starting shapes is a trapezoid with slanted sides, we cannot form a shape with only right angles without leaving a slanted edge exposed or overlapping.
• Therefore, this shape cannot be made with the two small shapes.

Answer:

• (A) The first shape (the house-like shape with a trapezoid top and rectangle bottom) (Correct answer)
• (B) The second shape (the T-like shape made of two rectangular blocks)