The shape has one line of symmetry.

The shape has two lines of symmetry

The shape has three lines of symmetry.

How many lines of symmetry? The shape has five lines of symmetry.

How many lines of symmetry? The shape has infinite lines of symmetry.

How many lines of symmetry? There are no lines of symmetry but it does have another type of symmetry.

X It has rotational symmetry of order 4.

How many lines of symmetry? There are 2 lines of symmetry.

What is the order of rotational symmetry? X It has rotational symmetry of order 2.

How many lines of symmetry? There are 8 lines of symmetry.

X What is its order of rotational symmetry? It has rotational symmetry of order 8.

X Square Number of lines of symmetry = 4 Order of rotational symmetry = 4

X Rectangle Number of lines of symmetry = 2 Order of rotational symmetry = 2

Parallelogram Number of lines of symmetry = 0 Order of rotational symmetry = 2 X

X Kite Number of lines of symmetry = 1 Order of rotational symmetry = 1

X Rhombus Number of lines of symmetry = 2 Order of rotational symmetry = 2

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How many planes of symmetry are there in a cuboid? There are three planes of symmetry.

How many planes of symmetry are there in a cube?

note: an understanding of intersecting diagonal properties is essential for later topics in shape and space

SQUARERECTANGLE Diagonals bisect each other Diagonals cross at 90 o Diagonals bisect each other

RHOMBUSPARALLELOGRAM Diagonals bisect each other Diagonals cross at 90 o Diagonals bisect each other