Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 1 – Identify the order of rotational symmetry of a shape Answers

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a) 2
b) 4
c) 5
d) 2
1 e) 3
f) 4
g) 1
h) 1

a) The design of each logo inside the circle is different.

b) A 1
B 2
2
C 1
D 5

a) The shape needs to be rotated through a full turn before the pattern is the same.
b) i)

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ii)

multiple possible answers, e.g.:

a)

b)

c)

isosceles trapezium, parallelogram, equilateral triangle, square

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Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 1 – Identify the order of rotational symmetry of a shape Answers (continued)

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sometimes true
6 The statement is true for regular polygons, but not for irregular shapes.

a) A 3
B 4
C 5
D 6
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E 8
The order of rotational symmetry is equal to the number of sides in the regular polygon.
b) 𝑛

They are both wrong.

The shape has rotational symmetry of order 1
A pentagon rotates through 72° for each position and a hexagon rotates through 60° for
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each position. There is no common multiple of 60 and 72 below 360, so there is no rotation
under 360° for which the shape will look the same.
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 2 – Compare and contrast rotational symmetry with line symmetry Answers

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a) 1
b) 1
1
c) 0

a) 4
b) 1
2
c) 1

a) 0
b) 2
c) Both types of symmetry state conditions under which the shape looks the same.
Line symmetry describes when the shape looks the same after reflection in a line and
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rotational symmetry describes when a shape looks the same after rotation.
Students may describe the different types of symmetry differently. They need to check
that they agree with their partner’s definition.

3 3 3

4 2 2

4 1 1

4 4 4

4
5 1 1

6 6 6

10 5 5

3 1 1

For shapes with all the sides equal, the number of lines of symmetry is equal to the number
of sides. For regular polygons, the order of rotational symmetry is also equal to the number
of sides.
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 2 – Compare and contrast rotational symmetry with line symmetry Answers
(continued)

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a) No.
The shape of the sign has line symmetry but the colours are different.
b) A 2
B 0
C 1
D 1
E 0
F 0
G 0
H 3
I 1
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c) A 2
B 1
C 1
D 1
E 1
F 3
G 1
H 3
I 1
d) student’s drawings on road signs to show stated symmetry

a) possible answers: A, C, D, E, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X, Y
b) possible answers: H, I, O, X
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c) possible answers: H, I, X

a) multiple possible answers, e.g. parallelogram

0 lines of symmetry, order of rotational symmetry 2

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b) The order of rotational symmetry of a regular polygon is equal to the number of lines of
symmetry.

a) 6
b) 6
8 c) i) 2
ii) 2
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 3 – Rotate and shape about a point on a shape Answers

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a)

b)

c)

1 d)

e)

f)
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 3 – Rotate and shape about a point on a shape Answers (continued)

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a)

b)

2 c)

d)
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 3 – Rotate and shape about a point on a shape Answers

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a)

b)
3

The shape is the same. One rotation is clockwise and the other is anticlockwise about the
same point, and the angles add up to 360°.
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 3 – Rotate and shape about a point on a shape Answers (continued)

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a)

b)

4 c)

d)
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 3 – Rotate and shape about a point on a shape Answers

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a)

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b)

a) rotation through 180° about (−3, 1)

b) rotation through 90° clockwise about (3, −1)
or
rotation through 270° anticlockwise about (3, −1)
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The rotation in part b) can be described as either a clockwise or an anticlockwise rotation.
The direction is not needed when the rotation is through 180°, because 180° clockwise is the
same as 180° anticlockwise.

a) (−9, 6), (−9, 2), (−3, 4)

7 b) rotation through 90° anticlockwise about (−3, 4)
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 4 – Rotate a shape about a point not on a shape Answers

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a)

b)

c)

1 d)

e)

f)

No.
She has put one of the vertices of the rotated shape at the centre of rotation. The vertex she
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has put at P should be at (−1, 5).
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 4 – Rotate a shape about a point not on a shape Answers (continued)

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a)

b)

3 c)

d)
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 4 – Rotate a shape about a point not on a shape Answers (continued)

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a)

b)

C
B

4 c)

C
B

d)

B
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 4 – Rotate a shape about a point not on a shape Answers (continued)

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a), b)
C

c) rotation through 180° about the origin

a) rotation through 180° about the origin

b) rotation through 90° anticlockwise about (0, 1)
6 or
rotation through 270° clockwise about (0, 1)
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 5 – Translate points and shapes by a given vector Answers

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The vector !23 means move 2 squares right and 3 squares down from the starting point.
2 The point (2, −3) is 2 squares right and 3 squares down from the origin.

Eva
Amir has translated rectangle A by 55 . He has moved 3 squares to the right of the right-
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hand side of rectangle A and drawn the left-hand side of rectangle B in that position.

a)

b)

c)
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 5 – Translate points and shapes by a given vector Answers (continued)

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a) translation by 4
!5

b) translation by !05
5
c) translation by ! 2
!2

a), b)

6
Y Z

c) translation by !61
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 5 – Translate points and shapes by a given vector Answers (continued)

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a)

b)

7 c)

d)

a) (−2, 3), (−2, −2), (2, −2)

b) 14
!1
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c) The triangle is facing the other way, so Dora has reflected the triangle, not translated it.

a) translation by !55
9 b) translation by 6
3

(35, 10), (65, 10), (54, 39), (24, 39)

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Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 6 – Compare rotation and reflection of shapes Answers

Question Answer
a)

b)

c)
1

d)

All of the triangles have been turned round.

The orientation of the reflected triangle varies depending on the line of reflection.
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 6 – Compare rotation and reflection of shapes Answers (continued)

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a)

b)
2

c) The rectangle is the same size in both parts a) and b).

The orientation of the rectangle is different in parts a) and b).
d) The orientation of the shape has changed.

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direction centre line
angle

The shape has turned round.

Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 6 – Compare rotation and reflection of shapes Answers (continued)

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a) i)

ii)
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iii) It is easy to see which one is a rotation because only the orientation of the triangle
has changed.
b) It is harder because a square looks the same when it is rotated through 90°.

reflection in 𝑦 = 𝑥
or
rotation through 90° clockwise about (−2, −2)
or
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rotation through 270° anticlockwise about (−2, −2)
If students have described the transformation differently, they can check that each other’s
transformations are correct.
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 7 – Find the result of a series of transformations Answers

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a), b)

1
C B

a), b), c)
D
B

rotation, then reflection

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reflection, then rotation
Y9 – Spring – Block 5 – Step 7 – Find the result of a series of transformations Answers (continued)

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a), b)

B C
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c) rotation through 90° anticlockwise about (1, 5)

a), b), c)

D
B C
5

d) rhombus
e) reflection in the 𝑥-axis

rotation through 180° about (0, 0)

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a) i) rotation through 90° clockwise about (2, −1)
ii) rotation through 180° about (2, −1)
or
7 reflection in the line 𝑦 = −1
b) The orientations of the triangles are different. In a translation, the orientation of the
shape stays the same.

a), b), c)

A
C

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B
d) Shape C is the same as shape A.
This will always happen, because the 𝑥- and 𝑦-components of the vectors are the
inverse operations.