Folding shapes 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about finding lines of symmetry. Question Change answer a) Select the one shape can not be folded so that the two halves match up exactly. a) Select the one shape can not be folded so that the two halves match up exactly. Question Change answer b) Draw a line on the other three shapes to show where each shape should be folded so that the two halves match up exactly. b) Draw a line on the other three shapes to show where each shape should be folded so that the two halves match up exactly. Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online. Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Transformation Keywords: symmetry, line symmetry, reflection Description of task: Students identify axes of symmetry on several shapes and which shape has no axis of symmetry. 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: Y7 (04/1998) a) easy b) either i or ii easy easy easy Cutting triangles Drawing lines of symmetry Mirrors and symmetry Symmetrical road signs Finding the line of symmetry Folding and cutting shapes
