A Line of Symmetry is a line on a figure such that when the figure is folded along that line, both sides matches exactly. It is also known as a "Mirror Line" or "Axis of Symmetry".
The line of symmetry is usually drawn with a dotted line.
A figure has Line Symmetry if it has at least one line of symmetry.
Below are examples of figures with a line of symmetry.
The line of symmetry can be vertical, horizontal or diagonal (i.e. slanted at an angle) as shown in the diagram below.
Some figures do not have a line of symmetry, while some have one line of symmetry and others can have more than one line of symmetry (as shown in the diagrams below).
For the figure shown below, guess the order of rotation symmetry.
Click on the grey rectangles to check your answer.
To rotate the figure, click on the top "".
To change to another figure, click on the bottom "".
The diagram below shows how parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses and squares are related.
A square is both a rectangle and a rhombus.
Rectangles and rhombuses are parallelograms.
We know that:
A Rectangle has 2 lines of symmetry and a rotational symmetry of order 2.
A Square has 4 lines of symmetry and a rotational symmetry of order 4.
How many line of symmetry does a Parallelogram has? And, what is its order of rotational symmetry?
How many line of symmetry does a Rhombus has? And, what is its order of rotational symmetry?
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