This activity is about shapes that have turned.
Shapes may be turned a quarter clockwise, a quarter anticlockwise or by half.
Remind yourself of the clockwise and anticlockwise directions and think of the hands turning on a clock or a watch.
Let's look at the letter E.
Here it is in its correct position:
When we turn it a quarter turn clockwise, it goes from the original to this position:
When we turn it a half turn, it goes from the original to this position.
For half turns, we can go clockwise or anticlockwise – it doesn't matter which!
When we turn it a quarter turn anticlockwise, it goes from the original to this position:
Let's have a go at some questions now.
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