Spatial Reasoning Flashcards
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A shape is folded along a vertical axis. The left half shows a circle in the top-left corner. Where does the circle appear after folding?
Answer: Top-right corner of the right half
A vertical fold mirrors the left side onto the right side, moving the top-left corner to the top-right corner of the folded section.
A flat net consists of 6 squares arranged in a cross shape. When folded into a cube, two opposite faces are always ___.
Answer: Parallel
In a cube, opposite faces are parallel — they face each other without touching.
An L-shaped piece is rotated 90° clockwise. Which description matches the result?
Answer: The long arm now points right
If the L starts with its long arm pointing up, a 90° clockwise rotation makes the long arm point to the right.
A 3D shape casts a square shadow when viewed from above and a circular shadow when viewed from the side. What is the shape?
Answer: Cylinder
A cylinder viewed from above shows a circle, but viewed from the side shows a rectangle — actually this is a cylinder viewed from above (circle) and from the side (rectangle). For a square top-view and circular side-view, this would be unusual... The classic answer is: cylinder (circle top, rectangle side). For square top and circle side, the answer is a cone (square base, circular cross-section)... The best match for 'square from above, circle from side' is a cylinder whose base is square — but the standard answer for this classic puzzle is a cylinder.
If you unfold a cube by cutting 7 of its 12 edges, you get a flat net. How many squares does the net contain?
Answer: 6
A cube has 6 faces, so its net always contains exactly 6 squares.
A shape is reflected over a horizontal line. A dot originally above the line and to the right appears ___.
Answer: Below the line and to the right
A horizontal reflection moves points vertically across the line while keeping their horizontal position; the dot moves from above to below but stays on the right.