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Section-01-05-Symmetries



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

A regular pentagon is centered about the origin and has a vertex at (0,5).





Which transformation maps the pentagon to itself?
mc001-1.jpg
a.
a reflection across line m
b.
a reflection across the x-axis
c.
a clockwise rotation of 100° about the origin
d.
a clockwise rotation of 144° about the origin
 

 2. 

A rectangle has vertices at (2,5), (6,5), (6,3), and (2, 3).



Which transformation maps the rectangle to itself?
mc002-1.jpg
a.
a reflection across the line mc002-2.jpg
c.
a reflection across the line mc002-4.jpg
b.
a reflection across the line mc002-3.jpg
d.
a rotation of 90° about the point (4,4)
 

 3. 

Which figure has exactly two lines of symmetry?
a.
mc003-1.jpg
c.
mc003-3.jpg
b.
mc003-2.jpg
d.
mc003-4.jpg
 

 4. 

Which letter shown below has more than one line of symmetry?
a.
mc004-1.jpg
c.
mc004-3.jpg
b.
mc004-2.jpg
d.
mc004-4.jpg
 

 5. 

Which word shown below appears to have point symmetry (i.e. rotational symmetry of 180º)?
a.
mc005-1.jpg
c.
mc005-3.jpg
b.
mc005-2.jpg
d.
mc005-4.jpg
 



 
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