Grades 5-6 Video Solutions 2025-2025_5-6

Video Transcription

Number 14. Which shape or any rotation of the shape cannot be placed onto the white parts of the large square? Pause if you want to try and solve it. Okay, so  this one is pretty straightforward. We're just gonna try to see which of these we can put on, and then whichever one we can't is the correct answer. So if we  start with option A, we can see that we have this diagonal pattern that looks like this, and we have the same sort of diagonal pattern going right here. So  clearly we can fit an A, so A is not the correct answer. Let me erase this. Alright, so next is B, and we have this sort of, you know, spiky shaped pattern. I don't  know what you want to call that. And if we look, we see we can put that right here. We have to rotate it, but that is the same shape. If we rotate this shape  sideways, it'll fit right in there. So B is also not the answer. Let me erase this.  Alright, so now let's look at option C, and it might take you a minute, but you actually can do it. We see we have this sort of W-shaped pattern, and we have to  turn it sideways like this, but we can put it right here. So we have this sort of same W there, and that works. So option C is also not correct. And then  lastly, if we look at option D, we can see there's not really a place to put it, but just to make sure, we can check option E, and we can see that there  actually is a place to put it. We see we sort of have this, you know, sort of sliding shape. I don't know what you want to call it, but if we rotate it this way,  then we can put it right here. So we can see that we can clearly fit that there, so option E also isn't correct. And so, sort of by process of elimination, we  get option D. So the correct answer for number 14 is D.

Video Summary

The task involves determining which shape cannot fit into the white parts of a large square. The process involves testing each option: A fits due to a matching diagonal pattern, B fits after rotation, C fits when rotated into a W shape, and E fits with a slight rotation. D is the only shape that doesn’t fit in any configuration in the available space. Hence, the answer is D.