Simple Drawings and Figures Flashcards
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A figure shows a right triangle with the right angle at the bottom-left. Which rotation places the right angle at the top-right?
Answer: 90° clockwise
Rotating 90° clockwise moves the bottom-left corner to the top-right position.
A square has one shaded quadrant in the upper-right. After a 180° rotation, which quadrant is shaded?
Answer: Lower-left
A 180° rotation maps the upper-right quadrant directly to the lower-left quadrant.
Which property is preserved when a 2-D figure is reflected across a vertical axis?
Answer: Shape and size
Reflections are isometries—shape and size (congruence) are always preserved even though orientation flips.
An arrow points to the upper-left (135°). After a 90° clockwise rotation, where does it point?
Answer: Upper-right (45°)
Rotating 135° clockwise by 90° gives 135° − 90° = 45°, which is upper-right.
A pentagon is drawn on dot paper. Which transformation would produce an image congruent to the original?
Answer: Translation 3 units right
Translation shifts every point by the same amount, preserving shape and size (congruence).
A figure has exactly two lines of symmetry. Which shape could it be?
Answer: Rectangle (non-square)
A non-square rectangle has exactly two lines of symmetry: one horizontal and one vertical.
On the SIFT Simple Drawings subtest, you must choose the answer figure that matches the target. What is the primary skill being tested?
Answer: Spatial visualization and mental rotation
The subtest measures spatial visualization—the ability to mentally rotate or manipulate figures to identify matches.