Rotation & Position
7 free practice questions with explanations
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Rotation & Position: example questions & answers
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An arrow points UP. After rotating it 90° clockwise, which way does it point?
- AUp
- BRight✓
- CDown
- DLeft
Answer: Rotating 90° clockwise turns an upward arrow to point right.
An arrow points UP. After rotating it 180°, which way does it point?
- AUp
- BLeft
- CDown✓
- DRight
Answer: A 180° rotation turns an upward arrow to point down.
An arrow points LEFT. After rotating 90° anticlockwise, which way does it point?
- AUp
- BDown✓
- CRight
- DLeft
Answer: Rotating a left-pointing arrow 90° anticlockwise makes it point down.
A clock's minute hand points to 12. Where does it point after a quarter turn clockwise?
- A3✓
- B6
- C9
- D12
Answer: A quarter turn (90°) clockwise from 12 points to the 3.
How many right angles are there in a full turn (360°)?
- A2
- B3
- C4✓
- D6
Answer: A full turn is 360°, and 360 ÷ 90 = 4 right angles.
In a grid, a counter is in the top-left corner. It moves 1 right, then 1 down. Where is it now?
- ATop-left
- BOne square right and one square down (middle area)✓
- CBottom-right corner
- DOff the grid
Answer: Moving right then down places it one column across and one row down from the start.
If a square is turned 90°, it looks:
- ALike a triangle
- BExactly the same✓
- CLike a circle
- DBigger
Answer: A square has rotational symmetry of order 4, so a 90° turn leaves it looking the same.