Rotations of 2D Shapes

What are rotations in geometry?

• Flipping a shape over a line

• Spinning a shape around a point

• Moving a shape without changing its size

• Changing the color of a shape

What is the process of turning something around a fixed point, like spinning a top, called?

• Expansion

• Translation

• Reflection

• Rotation

I have a rectangle shape drawn in my book. I draw the same rectangle but I have turned it a quarter turn to the right. What is the term for what I have done?

• Rotated

• Reflected

• Translated

• Tessellated

Which picture shows a 90^o anticlockwise rotation?

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Which picture shows a 90^o anticlockwise rotation?

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Which picture shows a 180^o rotation?

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Which picture shows a 180^o rotation?

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Which picture shows a 90^o clockwise rotation?

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Which picture shows a 90^o anticlockwise rotation?

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Which picture shows a 90^o clockwise rotation?

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