Rotation
8 free practice questions with explanations
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Rotation: example questions & answers
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Which figure shows the figure above after a quarter turn clockwise?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D✓
Answer: Turning the figure a quarter turn clockwise moves every part of it round together, and a turn never flips a figure over. The wrong figures either have not moved, have moved the wrong way or too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
Which figure shows the figure above after a quarter turn clockwise?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B✓
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: Turning the figure a quarter turn clockwise moves every part of it round together, and a turn never flips a figure over. The wrong figures either have not moved, have moved the wrong way or too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
Which figure shows the figure above after a half turn?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C✓
- DFigure D
Answer: Turning the figure a half turn moves every part of it round together, and a turn never flips a figure over. The wrong figures either have not moved, have moved the wrong way or too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
Which figure shows the figure above after a quarter turn clockwise?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C✓
- DFigure D
Answer: Turning the figure a quarter turn clockwise moves every part of it round together, and a turn never flips a figure over. The wrong figures either have not moved, have moved the wrong way or too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
Which figure shows the figure above after a quarter turn anticlockwise?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B✓
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: Turning the figure a quarter turn anticlockwise moves every part of it round together, and a turn never flips a figure over. The wrong figures either have not moved, have moved the wrong way or too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
Which figure shows the figure above after a quarter turn clockwise?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C✓
- DFigure D
Answer: Turning the figure a quarter turn clockwise moves every part of it round together, and a turn never flips a figure over. The wrong figures either have not moved, have moved the wrong way or too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
Which figure shows the figure above after a half turn?
- AFigure A✓
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: Turning the figure a half turn moves every part of it round together, and a turn never flips a figure over. The wrong figures either have not moved, have moved the wrong way or too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
Which figure shows the figure above after a quarter turn anticlockwise?
- AFigure A✓
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: Turning the figure a quarter turn anticlockwise moves every part of it round together, and a turn never flips a figure over. The wrong figures either have not moved, have moved the wrong way or too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.