Grade 2 · Math · Unit 10 of 11
Slides, Flips and Turns
How shapes can move
What your child practises
Moving a shape by sliding it, flipping it over a line or turning it around a point. The shape stays the same size and form; only its position or direction changes.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 2G1.2 · translations (slides), reflections (flips) and rotations (turns) of shapes
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
When you slide a shape, does its size change?
- Yes, it gets bigger
- Yes, it gets smaller
- No
Show answer
No
Hint: Slides, flips and turns only change where the shape is, not how big it is.
Question 2
A game piece spins a quarter turn around its centre. This is a…
- turn
- flip
- slide
Show answer
turn
Hint: It stays in the same place and spins.
Question 3
When you flip a shape, does its size change?
- No
- Yes, it gets smaller
- Yes, it gets bigger
Show answer
No
Hint: A flipped shape is the same size. It faces the other way.
Question 4
Is it a slide, a flip or a turn? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: ➡️ slide · 🪞 flip · 🔄 turn
- 🚪a doorknob being twisted
- 🛷a sled sliding straight down a hill
- 🪞your face in a mirror
- 🎠a playground roundabout spinning
- 🧩pushing a puzzle piece across the table
- 🥞a pancake flipped over
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➡️ slide: a sled sliding straight down a hill, pushing a puzzle piece across the table · 🪞 flip: your face in a mirror, a pancake flipped over · 🔄 turn: a doorknob being twisted, a playground roundabout spinning
Hint: A slide moves a shape along without turning it. A flip makes a mirror image. A turn spins it around a point.
Question 5
A car on a straight road drives forward. The movement is most like a…
- turn
- slide
- flip
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slide
Hint: It moves along without turning.
Question 6
A shape moves along a line to a new spot. It does not turn or flip. This is a…
- flip
- turn
- slide
Show answer
slide
Hint: A slide is also called a translation. The shape looks the same, just in a new place.