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Chapter 9 Symmetry and

Transformation
Level 1
1 Study the following figures. Use coloured dotted lines to draw
ALL axes of symmetry.
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

2 Study the following figures. Use coloured symbol ‘＊’ to indicate

the position of the centre of rotation.
(a) (b)

3 For each of the following pairs of figures, state its corresponding

transformation.
(a) Reflection；
(b) Rotation；

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(c) Translation；
(d) Enlargement or reduction.

A. B.

C. D.

E. F.

G. H.

4 Shade the image of refection in each of the following figures

using the dotted line as the axis of symmetry.

(a) (b)

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5 (a) On the graph paper below, draw the image of the given
figure after it has translated to the left 2 small squares.

(b) On the graph paper below, draw the image of the given
figure after it has translated downwards 3 small squares, and
then to the right 1 small square.

6 The point O is the center of rotation of the figure below. Draw

the image of the figure after it has rotated through 90˚ in a
clockwise direction about O.

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Level 2
1 Study the following Chinese surnames. Use coloured dotted lines
to draw ALL axes of symmetry.

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e) (f)

(a) The point O on the graph paper below is the center of rotation of
the figure. Draw the image of the figure after it has rotated through
180˚ in a clockwise direction about O.

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(b) The point O on the graph paper below is the center of rotation
of the figure. Draw the image of the figure after it has
rotated about O through 90˚ in an anti-clockwise direction.

3 For each of the following pairs of figures, state its corresponding

transformation.
(a) Reflection；
(b) Rotation；
(c) Translation；
(d) Enlargement or reduction.

A. B.

C. D.

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E. F.

4 Shade the image of the refection in each of the following figures

using the dotted line as the axis of symmetry.
(a) (b)

5 (a) On the graph paper below, draw the image of the given
figure after it has translated to the left 2 small squares.

(b) On the graph paper below, draw the image of the given
figure after it has translated to the left 1 small square, and
then downwards 2 small squares.

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6 Complete the reduced image A'B'C'D'E'F' of the figure ABCDEF

on the graph paper below. Part of the image is already given on

the graph paper as shown.

Level 3
1 (a) The point O on the graph paper below is the center of
rotation of the given figure. Draw the image of the figure
after it has rotated through 90˚ in an anti-clockwise
direction about O.

(b) The point O on the graph paper below is the center of

rotation of the given figure. Draw the image of the figure
after it has rotated through 270˚ in a clockwise direction

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about O.

2 The given figure shows a regular hexagon.

(a) How many axes of symmetry are there in the regular

hexagon? Use dotted lines to draw all axes of symmetry.
(b) Is there any center of rotation in the figure? If so, use a
coloured dot to indicate the position of the center of
rotation.

3 (a) Draw the image after the reflection of each of the following
figures along its axis of reflection (dotted lines).
(b) Which letters are identical to their images after reflection?
State which images after reflection are exactly identical to the
original letters.
(16marks)

4 (a) There is a printed word‘ ’on the front of each

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ambulance. What will the driver of the car in front of an ambulance see in the rear-
view mirror?
(b) What kind of transformation is related to this phenomenon?

5 Study the following capital letters.

STUDENT
(a) Identify which letters have reflectional symmetry. Use
coloured dotted lines to draw the axes of symmetry for these
letters.
(b) Identify which letters have rotational symmetry. Use the
symbol ‘＊’ to indicate the position of the center of rotation.

6 In the figure below, figure B is the image of figure A after

enlargement. Write down
(a) what multiple of the perimeter of figure A is the perimeter of
figure B?
(b) what fraction of the perimeter of figure B is the perimeter of
figure A?

7 In the figure below, figure X is reduced to produce figure Y. Write

down
(a) what fraction of the length of figure X is that of figure Y;
(b) do the angles of figure Y become larger or smaller than the
corresponding angles of figure X.

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(c) what fraction of the area of figure X is that of figure Y.

Level 4
Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in each of the following
(Questions 1-7).
1 When a plane figure is divided into two parts by a certain straight
line, one part becomes the image of reflection of the other. The
straight line is called an ________________.

2 A plane figure that repeats itself more than once when making a
complete revolution (i.e.360˚) about a fixed point is said to have
rotational symmetry. The fixed point is called the _____________.

3 The straight line along which a figure is flipped over in the

process of reflectional transformation is called the ________________.

4 The image of reflection of a figure has the same shape and the
same _______________ as the original one, but the corresponding
parts are opposite to each other.

5 If a figure moves in a fixed direction (without reflection or

________________ ) to form a new figure, this process is called
translational transformation.

6 Increasing the area of a figure, but retaining its shape, produces

a new figure. This process of transformation is called an
________________ transformation.

7 Decreasing the area of a figure, but retaining its shape,

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produces a new figure. This process of transformation is called a

________________ transformation.

8 Study the following capital letters.

(a) Use a coloured dotted line to draw the axis of symmetry for
each of the capital letters.
(b) Which letters has more than one axis of symmetry?
9 Which of the following figures has/have
(a) Reflectional symmetry property?
(b) Rotational symmetry property?
(c) Reflectional and rotational symmetry at the same time?
(d) no symmetry property?

A B C

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D E F
Level 5
1 Which of the following figures is the image of translation of the
given

figure ？
A. B.

C. D.

2 Which of the following figures has only one axis of symmetry?

A. B. C. D.

3 Identify the kind of transformation involved when the numeral

‘6’is transformed into the numeral ‘9’?
A. Reflection
B. Rotation
C. Translation

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D. Enlargement

4 Which of the following Chinese characters has more than one

axis of symmetry?
A. 朋
B. 出
C. 林
D. 回

5 Which of the following notes is the image of reflection of the

note ?
A. B. C. D.

6 Which of the following triangles has rotational symmetry?

A. B. C. D.

7 How many axes of symmetry does the symbol of the snowflake

shown below have?

A. 1 B. 3 C. 6 D. 12

8 How many number of times does the following symbol of a hand

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repeat itself when making a complete revolution about the symbol

of ‘＊’?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

9 Which of the following figures has reflectional symmetry along

the dotted line as the axis of reflection? (5 marks)

A. B. C. D.

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The figure above shows an arrow and it is rotated through 90˚ in a

clockwise direction. Which of the following figures is its image?
(5marks)
A. B. C. D.

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Which of the following figures shows the image after enlarging

the lengths of the above shaded region 3 times?

A. B. C. D.

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On the graph paper above, the figure is translated to the right 2

small squares. Which of the following figures is its image?

A. B. C. D.

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In the figure above, the letter ‘E’ is reflected about the x-axis. Which
of the following figures is its image?

A. B. C. D.

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The triangle in the above figure is reflected about the y-axis.

Which of the following figures is its image? (5marks)
A. B. C. D.

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The figure above is rotated through 270˚ in an anti-clockwisse

direction about O. Which of the following figures is its image?

A. B. C. D.

16 Which of the following symbols does NOT have any kind of

symmetry?
A. Σ B. Ω C. β D. Ψ

17 Which of the following symbols has only one axis of symmetry?

A.
B. ┼ C. ╳
B. ⊥
D. 

18 Which of the following figures has 3-fold rotational symmetry?

(5marks)
A. B. C. D.

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The shaded region of the above figure is translated to the right 3

small squares, and then translated upwards 3 small squares. Which
of the following figures is its image?
A. B. C. D.

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The shaded region of the above figure is reduced by a factor of for

each side. Which of the following figures is its image?

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A. B.

C. D.

Solution

1 (a) (b)

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(c) (d)

2 (a) (b)

3 (a) A、H
(b) B、F
(c) C、E
(d) D、G

4 (a) (b)

5 (a) (b)

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Level 2
1 (a) (b) (c)

(d) (e) (f)

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2 (a) (b)

3 (a) C
(b) B、C、D
(c) A
(d) E、F

4 (a) (b)

5 (a) (b)

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Level 3
1 (a) (b)

2 (a) There are 6 axes of symmetry.

(b) Yes

3 (a)

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(b) M、C

4 (a) AMBULANCE
(b) Reflectional transformation

5 (a) Letters having reflectional symmetry:

(b) Letters having rotational symmetry:

6 (a) 1.5 times

(b)

7 (a)

(b) No
(c)

Level 4
1 axis of symmetry

2 center of rotation

3 axis of reflection

4 size

5 rotation

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6 enlargement

7 reduction

8 (a) The axis of symmetry of each letters is shown using a

coloured dotted line as follows.

(b) Ｈ

9 (a) A、F
(b) B、E
(c) B、E
(d) C、D

Level 5

1 B

2 A. B. C. D.

The answer is C

3 B

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The answer is D

5 C

6 A

The answer is C

8 B

9 D

10 C

11 D

12 D

13 B

14 C

15 C

16 C

17 B

18 B

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19 A

20 C

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