Geometry items

Geometry items

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This task is about symmetry, shape and angle identification, and reflection.
Questions/instructions:

1.
Draw a line of symmetry on the triangle.

 
2.
Which of the following has the same shape as a cylinder?
 
  
A
B
C
D
 
An egg
A book
A basketball
A can of soup
 
3.    Which are cubes?
  
 
A   
B   
C  
 
All of them
1 and 2 only
1 only
3 and 4 only
 
4.   
Which shows how many small blocks there are?
 
   A   
B   
C  
D
3 × 3 × 2
2 × 2 × 2
3 × 3 × 3
3 × 2 × 2
 
5.   
Which triangle has a right angle?

 
 
 
 
 
6.   
Which of the following shows the results of flipping this triangle over the line l?

 
7.   
Which of the diagrams shows the reflection in l of the face?

 
8.   
The length of the square is 6. What is the length of the radius of the circle?
 
  A   
B   
C  
D
  
2
3
4
6
  
 
9.   
Which angle has a measure nearest 100°?

Level:
4
Description of task: 
For this NEMP task students perform a range of tasks involving symmetry, shape and angle identification, and reflection.
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Answers/responses: 
  Y8 (09/1997)
1. 77%
2. d 83%
3. b 87%
4. d 54%
5. c 79%
6. d 73%
7. c 65%
8. b 44%
9. a 56%

NOTE: Questions 1-5 were also trialled by year 4 students see resource Geometry items II.