Rotation

Summary

a rotation has three components:

  • an object
  • a centre of rotation
  • an angle of rotation

given these three the position of the image can be found.

Key Skills

draw the image given an object, the centre and the angle of rotation.

name and use the key properties of rotation

understand the vocabulary of rotation i.e. what the words mean!

Vocabulary

rotationcongruenttransformation, imageangle of rotation, centre of rotation