1. Roational Symmetrey
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2. Rotational Symmetry
All 2 dimensional shapes have some rotational symmetry. The degree of rotational symmetry that an object has is known as its order.
For shapes that have “order 2” rotational symmetry or higher, a single centre of rotation can be located.
For shapes that have only “order 1” rotational symmetry a centre of rotation can be found anywhere within it.
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Order 1
Order 2
Order 3
Order 4
The order of rotational symmetry that an object has is the number of times that it fits on to itself during a full rotation of 360 degrees.

3. Rotational Symmetry
The order of rotational symmetry that an object has is the number of times that it fits on to itself during a full rotation of 360 degrees.
Order 1

4. Rotational Symmetry
The order of rotational symmetry that an object has is the number of times that it fits on to itself during a full rotation of 360 degrees. 2 1
Order 1
Order 2

5. Rotational Symmetry
The order of rotational symmetry that an object has is the number of times that it fits on to itself during a full rotation of 360 degrees. 2 1
Order 1
Order 2 3 2 1
Order 3

6. Rotational Symmetry
The order of rotational symmetry that an object has is the number of times that it fits on to itself during a full rotation of 360 degrees. 2 1
Order 1
Order 2 3 3 4 2 1 2 1
Order 4
Order 3

7. Rotational Symmetry
What is the order of rotational symmetry of the shape below?

8. Rotational Symmetry
What is the order of rotational symmetry of the shape below? 5 4 1 3 2
Order 5

9. Regular Polygons Equilateral Triangle
An equilateral triangle has rotational symmetry of order ?
Regular Polygons

10. Equilateral Triangle
An equilateral triangle has rotational symmetry of order ?

11. Equilateral Triangle
An equilateral triangle has rotational symmetry of order ? 3 3 2 1

12. Pentagon Regular Pentagon
A regular pentagon has rotational symmetry of order ?
Pentagon

13. Regular Pentagon
A regular pentagon has rotational symmetry of order ?

14. Regular Pentagon
A regular pentagon has rotational symmetry of order ? 5 5 4 1 3 2

15. Octagon Regular Octagon
A regular octagon has rotational symmetry of order ?
Octagon

16. Regular Octagon 8 A regular octagon has rotational symmetry of order ?7 8 6 1 5 2 4 3

17. Rectangle
A rectangle has rotational symmetry of order ?
Rectangle

18. Rectangle
A rectangle has rotational symmetry of order ? 2 2 1

19. Parallelogram Parallelogram
A parallelogram has rotational symmetry of order ?
Parallelogram

20. Parallelogram 2
A parallelogram has rotational symmetry of order ? 2 1

21. Isos Tri Isosceles Triangle
An isosceles triangle has rotational symmetry of order ?
Isos Tri

22. Isos Tri Isosceles Triangle 1
An isosceles triangle has rotational symmetry of order ? 1
Isos Tri

23. Kite
A kite has rotational symmetry of order ?
Kite

24. Kite 1
A kite has rotational symmetry of order ? 1

25. Rhombus
A rhombus has rotational symmetry of order ?
Rhombus

26. Rhombus 2
A rhombus has rotational symmetry of order ? 2 1

27. Questions 1 Rotational Symmetry
State the order of rotational symmetry for each shape below: 1 2 3 4
Order 6
Order 2
Order 3
Order 2 5 6 7 8
Order 1
Order 3
Order 2
Order 5 9 10 11 12
Questions 1
Order 4
Order 1
Order 6
Order 8

28. Worksheet 1 Rotational Symmetry
State the order of rotational symmetry for each shape below: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Worksheet 1