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Turning shapes – practice for Years 3–7

Sample questions on Turning shapes with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Logic
Year
Years 3–7
Curriculum area
Spatial reasoning

Question types: Turned shape

Rule: Turning shapes

Turning does not flip a shape: its parts stay in the same order all the way round.

A quarter turn clockwise: what was at the top is now on the right, what was on the right is now at the bottom.

Example: An L turned a quarter turn clockwise looks like ┌: the long line lies flat, the short one points down.

Watch out: No turning gives you a mirrored L: that is flipping, not turning.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    The shape has been turned (not flipped over). Which picture shows the turned shape?

    1. A)
    2. B)
    3. C)
    4. D)
    5. E)
    Show the solution
    Answer: C) picture C

    How it works: The other pictures are flipped over or turned another way.

  2. Question 2 Normal

    The shape has been turned (not flipped over). Which picture shows the turned shape?

    1. A)
    2. B)
    3. C)
    4. D)
    5. E)
    Show the solution
    Answer: D) picture D

    How it works: The other pictures are flipped over or turned another way.

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Which picture shows the shape turned a quarter turn clockwise?

    1. A)
    2. B)
    3. C)
    4. D)
    5. E)
    Show the solution
    Answer: A) picture A

    How it works: The other pictures are flipped over or turned another way.

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