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Reflections on a Grid

In this worksheet, students must understand how to reflect a shape in a vertical or horizontal mirror line.

'Reflections on a Grid' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 5 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Geometry: Position and Direction

Curriculum subtopic:   Know, Describe and Present Shapes

Popular topics:   Geometry worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

Look at the following L-shapes drawn on x and y-coordinate axes.

Reflections

 

When we reflect a shape in a mirror line, we reflect each corner in turn.

This is done by moving each point directly to the mirror line and then the same distance beyond.

Shape A and Shape B are reflections of each other in the given mirror line.

 

In the following example, the mirror line is horizontal.

The same technique is used to reflect the shape.

 

Reflections

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