Rotational Symmetry

Rotational Symmetry

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn what rotational symmetry is and also the way to work out the order of rotational symmetry for a given shape.

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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
Correct answer: The number of positions a shape can be rotated into and still look the same.
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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0
1
2
Correct answer: 4
Q3.
All shapes have an order of rotational symmetry of at least?
0
Correct answer: 1
2
4
Q4.
A rectangle has rotational symmetry of order....
0
1
Correct answer: 2
4
Option 5
Q5.
What is the order of rotational symmetry for this shape?
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2
3
Correct answer: 4
8
Q6.
What is the order of rotational symmetry?
An image in a quiz
1
2
5
Correct answer: 6

Lesson appears in

UnitMaths / Classifying 2-D shapes