Combining triangle reflections 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about combining triangles to make new shapes. Question a) Triangle ABC is reflected in the line AB. What shape will the triangle and its reflection be? Straight line Triangle Square Hexagon Question b) Triangle PQR is reflected in the line QR. What shape will the triangle and its reflection be? Straight line Triangle Square Hexagon Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking. Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Transformation Keywords: reflection, transformations, triangles, visualisation Description of task: Students identify what a shape plus its image will look like when reflected in a given mirror line. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Geometric thinking, sets 3-4 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y6 (12/1997) a) Triangle (B) easy b) Square (C) difficult Reflecting figures Reflecting shapes Matching shapes and transformations Cutting triangles Some kind of transformation Folding shapes Transforming patterns IV Transforming frogs Reflecting on words II Drawing lines of symmetry Mirrors and symmetry Symmetrical road signs Finding the line of symmetry Folding and cutting shapes Showing transformations Drawing reflections Designing badges Reflecting and rotating the bird Reflection, rotation and translation II Animal transformations
