Grade 6 · Math · Unit 12 of 15
Quadrilaterals & Grids
Symmetry, quadrants and moves
What your child practises
Properties of quadrilaterals (symmetry and diagonals), top and front views, coordinates in all four quadrants, and combining slides and flips.
Saskatchewan Curriculum outcome: SS6.4 · the first quadrant of the Cartesian plane and ordered pairs
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
Which object has a top view that is a circle and a front view that is a rectangle?
- cone
- cylinder
- cube
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cylinder
Hint: A cylinder has a round top and a rectangular side.
Question 2
What are the coordinates of point P?
- (−3, −2)
- (−2, −3)
- (2, −3)
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(−2, −3)
Hint: The first number is left or right. The second number is up or down.
Question 3
Point A is at (1, 1). It is translated 3 right and 2 down. Where does it land?
- (4, 3)
- (4, −1)
- (−1, 4)
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(4, −1)
Hint: Right and up add. Left and down subtract.
Question 4
How many lines of symmetry does a rectangle that is not a square have?
- 0
- 2
- 5
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2
Hint: Picture folding the shape so both halves match exactly.
Question 5
In which quadrant is the point (4, 5)?
- Quadrant III
- Quadrant II
- Quadrant I
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Quadrant I
Hint: Quadrant I is top right, II is top left, III is bottom left, and IV is bottom right.
Question 6
What is true about the diagonals of every rhombus?
- They never cross.
- They are always equal in length.
- They meet at right angles.
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They meet at right angles.
Hint: A rhombus's diagonals cross at 90°.