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Quarter turns, clockwise and anti-clockwise

Mathematics · Geometry · ages 6-7
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  1. You turn a right angle clockwise. Is that turn bigger or smaller than a half turn?

    • Bigger than a half turn
    • Smaller than a half turn
    • The same as a half turn

  2. A robot follows these moves: turn a quarter turn clockwise, walk 4 steps, turn a quarter turn clockwise. What does the robot do second?

    • Turn a quarter turn clockwise
    • Walk 4 steps
    • Walk 2 steps

  3. Which word names the opposite direction to clockwise?

    • Anti-clockwise
    • Clockwise
    • Straight ahead

  4. The minute hand points at 12. It turns a half turn clockwise. Which number does it point at now?

    Answer: ______________

  5. How many quarter turns are in a three-quarter turn?

    Answer: ______________

  6. A quarter turn clockwise and a quarter turn anti-clockwise from the same starting direction end facing the same way.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. You turn a quarter turn clockwise, then a quarter turn clockwise, then a quarter turn anti-clockwise. How many quarter turns clockwise are you from your start?

    Answer: ______________

  8. Priya's room has 4 walls at right angles in clockwise order: door, window, back wall, bookshelf. She faces the door and turns three quarter turns clockwise. Which wall does she face now?

    • The window
    • The back wall
    • The bookshelf

  9. Which of these turns ends facing the same way as a full turn?

    • Three quarter turns
    • Two half turns
    • Two quarter turns

  10. Mia says: "I turned two quarter turns, so that is the same as a three-quarter turn." Is Mia right?

    • No, two quarter turns make a half turn
    • Yes, that is correct
    • No, two quarter turns make a full turn
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Quarter turns, clockwise and anti-clockwise W1-mt_TdV9YGJEoY-s1

  1. Smaller than a half turn · A right angle is a quarter turn. A quarter turn is smaller than a half turn.
  2. Walk 4 steps · The moves come in order: first a turn, then walking 4 steps, then another turn. The second move is walking.
  3. Anti-clockwise · Anti-clockwise is the opposite of clockwise. Clock hands go clockwise, so going the other way is anti-clockwise.
  4. 6 · A half turn is two quarter turns. Clockwise from 12, two quarter turns reach 6.
  5. 3 · Three-quarter turn means three quarter turns, or three right angles.
  6. False · The size is the same, but the directions are opposite, so the two turns end facing different ways.
  7. 1 · Two quarter turns clockwise and one quarter turn anti-clockwise leaves you 1 quarter turn clockwise from the start.
  8. The bookshelf · Each quarter turn moves Priya one wall clockwise: door, window, back wall, then bookshelf after three turns.
  9. Two half turns · Two half turns are 4 quarters in total, the same as a full turn, so they end facing the same way.
  10. No, two quarter turns make a half turn · Two quarter turns equal a half turn, not a three-quarter turn.
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