Lines of Symmetry

• Yes

• No

• Yes

• No

• Yes

• No

What makes a shape symmetrical?

• when one shape is exactly opposite a different shape

• when the shape can be folded along a line into matching parts

• when one shape becomes exactly like another if you slide it

• figures cannot be symmetrical Ms. Barkley!!

Complete the line of symmetry

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Is this a line of symmetry?

• Yes 

• No

Symmetrical?

• Is symmetrical

• not symmetrical

How many lines of symmetry does a square have?

• 8

• 1

• 2

• 4

How many lines of symmetry for the equilateral triangle ?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Count the lines of symmetry for this regular hexagon (Don't count the same line twice)?

• 1

• 12

• 0

• 6