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, visualising 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 Matching shapes and transformations Reflecting shapes Cutting triangles Folding shapes Some kind of transformation Transforming frogs Transforming patterns IV Drawing lines of symmetry Reflecting on words II Mirrors and symmetry Symmetrical road signs Finding the line of symmetry Folding and cutting shapes Showing transformations Drawing reflections Reflecting and rotating the bird Designing badges Reflection, rotation and translation II Animal transformations
