Reflection & Rotation

Year 8
Lesson Outcomes
• After this lesson, students will be able to,
• Do a few more exercises on reflection
• Understand rotation
• Recognize the importance of point of rotation
• Understand ways of rotating figures clockwise and anticlockwise
A quadrilateral has vertices A (1,5), B (3,4),
C(4,1) and D(1,1). 5

• Plot the quadrilateral ABCD on a Cartesian plane. 3

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A quadrilateral has vertices A (1,5), B (3,4),
C(4,1) and D(1,1). 5
A (1,5)

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B (4,3)

• Plot the quadrilateral ABCD on a Cartesian plane. 3

1
C (4,1)
D (1,1)
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A quadrilateral has vertices A (1,5), B (3,4),
C(4,1) and D(1,1). 5
A (1,5)

4
B (4,3)

• Plot the quadrilateral ABCD on a Cartesian plane. 3

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• Reflect ABCD in the x-axis, and state the vertex
coordinates of the image. 1
C (4,1)
D (1,1)
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D’ (1,-1)
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B’ (3,-4)
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A’ (1,-5)
A quadrilateral has vertices A (1,5), B (3,4),
A’ (-1,5)
C(4,1) and D(1,1). 5
A (1,5)

B’ (-3,4) B (3,4)
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• Plot the quadrilateral ABCD on a Cartesian plane. 3

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• Reflect ABCD in the y-axis, and state the vertex
coordinates of the image. C’ (-4,1) 1
C (4,1)
D’ (-1,1) D (1,1)
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Rotation

A rotation is a transformation in which every point on the figure is turned through a given angle
about a fixed point.

The fixed point is called the Centre of Rotational Symmetry.

Rotation

• Rotate the figure on 90º, 180º, 270º and 360º angles.

A Quarter Turn is equal to 90º 360º

180º 270º
Rotating an Object at an Angle of 180º Clockwise
Rotating an Object at an Angle of 90º Anticlockwise
Rotating an Object at an Angle of 90º Clockwise
A quadrilateral has vertices A (-4,-3), B (-1,-
3), C(-1,-4) and D(-4,-4). 5

• Plot the quadrilateral ABCD on a Cartesian plane. 3

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A (-4,-3) B (-1,-3)
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D (-4,-4) C (-1,-4)
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Rotate About O through the Angle of 90º Anticlockwise

90º
Rotate About O through the Angle of 180º Anticlockwise

90º

180º
Rotate About O through the Angle of 270º Anticlockwise

180º

90º

270º
Please Work on the Task Sheet