Simple Drawings and Figures Flashcards

A capital letter 'R' is reflected across a vertical axis. What does the result look like?

Answer: A mirror-image 'R' facing left

Reflecting 'R' across a vertical axis flips it horizontally, creating a backward (mirror-image) 'R'.

A figure composed of two overlapping circles is rotated 360°. The result is:

Answer: Identical to the original

A full 360° rotation returns any figure to its exact original position and appearance.

Which pair of figures demonstrates a rotation rather than a reflection?

Answer: A 'p' and a 'b'

'p' rotated 180° becomes 'b', making it a rotation; the others involve reflections across an axis.

A triangle has vertices at (1,1), (4,1), and (1,4). After reflecting across the line y = x, where is the vertex originally at (4,1)?

Answer: (1,4)

Reflecting across y = x swaps the x and y coordinates, so (4,1) becomes (1,4).

A clock face (with no numbers) is rotated 90° counter-clockwise. Where does the 12 o'clock position now point?

Answer: 9 o'clock direction

Rotating the top (12) counter-clockwise 90° moves it to where 9 o'clock was, which is now pointing left.

Which figure has rotational symmetry of order 4?

Answer: Square

A square looks identical after rotations of 90°, 180°, 270°, and 360°—giving it order-4 rotational symmetry.

In a simple drawings test item, the target figure is an L-shape. Four answer choices show the same L-shape at different orientations. How do you identify the correct match?

Answer: Mentally rotate the target to match each answer choice

You mentally rotate the target figure and compare it to each answer choice to find the identical orientation.