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Using positional language

Here are two rectangles.

Rectangles turned a quarter turn

Look at the first rectangle. The second one is different. What has changed?

The rectangle has been turned.

How much has it turned?

It has turned a quarter-turn.

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Turning triangles

Here are two triangles.

Triangles turned a half turn

The second triangle has been turned. How much has it turned?

It has turned a half-turn.

Shapes and pictures change their position when they are turned a quarter-turn or half-turn.

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Example 1

This arrow is going to turn a half-turn.

One arrow.

Which of these arrows shows what it will look like after a half-turn?

Three arrows.

The first of the three arrows shows what the first would look like after a half-turn.

Here are the arrows before and after being turned.

Two arrows.
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Example 2

Here is a number shape.

Number shape.

The number shape is turned to look like this:

Number shape turned.

How much has it turned?

It has turned a half-turn.

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Example 3

Here is a piece of melon. It is going to turn a quarter-turn and then another quarter-turn.

One melon.

After a quarter-turn it will look like this:

Quarter turn melon.

After another quarter-turn it will look like this:

Half turn melon.

You can see that a quarter-turn followed by a quarter-turn is the same as a half-turn.

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Watch: Giving directions

Watch the video below to see how turns can be used to give directions.

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Activity

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Karate Cats Maths game. game

Train with the Karate Cats to become an expert in addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, place value and more!

Karate Cats Maths game
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