Rotations

  • Tiles in a public building
    problem

    Tiles in a Public Building

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What is the same and what is different about these tiling patterns and how do they contribute to the floor as a whole?
  • Penta Play
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    Penta Play

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    A shape and space game for 2, 3 or 4 players. Be the last person to be able to place a pentomino piece on the playing board.
  • Flip
    problem

    Flip

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you picture where this letter "F" will be on the grid if you flip it in these different ways?

  • A green clock with yellow and white hands.
    problem

    Clock Hands

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This investigation explores using different shapes as the hands of the clock. What things occur as the the hands move.

  • Transformation Tease
    problem

    Transformation Tease

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What are the coordinates of this shape after it has been transformed in the ways described? Compare these with the original coordinates. What do you notice about the numbers?
  • Peg Rotation
    problem

    Peg Rotation

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out what kind of rotation produced this pattern of pegs in our pegboard?
  • So it's times!
    problem

    So It's Times!

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How will you decide which way of flipping over and/or turning the grid will give you the highest total?

  • Decoding Transformations
    problem

    Decoding Transformations

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    See the effects of some combined transformations on a shape. Can you describe what the individual transformations do?

  • Notes on a triangle
    problem

    Notes on a Triangle

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you describe what happens in this film?
  • Turning N Over
    problem

    Turning N Over

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A card with the letter N on it is rotated through two different axes. What does the card look like at the end?