Symmetry and Tessellations (Edexcel GCSE Maths): Quizzes
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What happens when you fold a shape along a line of symmetry?
What happens when you fold a shape along a line of symmetry?
The two halves match up exactly
How many lines of symmetry does a regular pentagon have?
How many lines of symmetry does a regular pentagon have?
5
How many lines of symmetry does a parallelogram have?
How many lines of symmetry does a parallelogram have?
0
How many lines of symmetry does a rhombus have?
How many lines of symmetry does a rhombus have?
2
What does the order of rotational symmetry tell you?
What does the order of rotational symmetry tell you?
How many times the shape looks the same
What is the order of rotational symmetry for a square?
What is the order of rotational symmetry for a square?
4
Which shape has rotational symmetry of order 1?
Which shape has rotational symmetry of order 1?
Kite
For regular polygons, what equals the number of sides?
For regular polygons, what equals the number of sides?
Order of rotational symmetry
What are tessellations?
What are tessellations?
Patterns with no gaps or overlaps
To test if a polygon tessellates, what must divide evenly into ?
To test if a polygon tessellates, what must divide evenly into ?
The interior angle
Which three regular polygons tessellate by themselves?
Which three regular polygons tessellate by themselves?
Triangles, squares, hexagons