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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn about lines of symmetry and the way to determine how many lines of symmetry a shape has.
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is the order of rotational symmetry of a shape?
How many times I can turn a shape
The reflection of a shape
The turning of a shape
Q2.
What is the order of rotational symmetry of this shape?
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Q3.
All shapes have an order of rotational symmetry of at least?
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Q4.
What is the order of rotational symmetry for this shape?
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Q5.
What is the order of rotational symmetry?
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Q6.
A rectangle has rotational symmetry of order....
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Option 5
6 Questions
Q1.
Decide if the statements are always true, sometimes or never true: An irregular quadrilateral has 4 lines of symmetry.
Always true
Sometimes true
Q2.
Decide if the statements are always true, sometimes or never true: The number of lines of symmetry a polygon has is more than its number of sides.
Always true
Sometimes true
Q3.
Decide if the statements are always true, sometimes or never true: A regular polygon has as many lines of symmetry as it does sides.
Never true
Sometimes true
Q4.
Decide if the statements are always true, sometimes or never true: The number of lines of symmetry a polygon has is the same as its order of rotational symmetry.
Always true
Never true
Q5.
How many lines of symmetry does a parallelogram have?
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Q6.
How many lines of symmetry does the shape below have?
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