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Shape Transformations Worksheet

Shapes can slide, turn or flip. Read each question carefully. You can use the picture ideas and drawing spaces to help you.

Spot the change

Use the words slide, turn, flip and enlarge to help you describe what happens to a shape.

1.A triangle moves 4 squares to the right. It does not turn or flip. Which transformation has happened?

A slide (translation)
A turn (rotation)
A flip (reflection)
An enlargement

2.A square spins around a dot in its centre, but stays the same size. Which transformation has happened?

A slide (translation)
A turn (rotation)
A flip (reflection)
An enlargement

3.A shape is flipped over a mirror line. What happens to its position and orientation?

4.A small square is made twice as wide and twice as tall. What has happened to the square?

It has slid
It has turned
It has been flipped
It has been enlarged

Follow the shape

Think about where a shape starts and what changes as it moves.

5.Tevita slides a paper triangle across her desk without turning it. Fill in the missing word: This movement is a .

6.A pinwheel spins in the wind. Which transformation does the pinwheel show? Explain how you know.

7.True or false? A shape that slides without turning or flipping keeps the same size and orientation.

TrueFalse

8.Draw a triangle, then draw the same triangle after it has slid down. Keep its size and direction the same.

9.Draw a square on one side of an imaginary vertical mirror line. Then draw its reflection on the other side, the same distance from the line.

10.A square tile pattern repeats the same square again and again across a floor. Which transformation could move one square tile to the next without changing its direction?