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Junior Cycle Graphics: Transformations & symmetry

How often Transformations & symmetry comes up on the Graphics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Transformations & symmetry, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Transformations & symmetry.

(a)Which transformation slides a shape to a new position without turning or flipping it?
  1. Rotation
  2. Translation
  3. Axial symmetry
(b)Central symmetry (reflection through a point) gives the same result as a rotation of?
  1. 360°
  2. 90°
  3. 180°
(c)A shape is reflected in a mirror line. What is this transformation called?
  1. Axial symmetry
  2. Translation
  3. Central symmetry
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(a) Translation

(b) 180°

(c) Axial symmetry

Your turn: Common Level questions on Transformations & symmetry.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q5a, Q5d
2025Q5a, Q5c
2024Q3b, Q5a, Q5c, Q5d
2023Not asked
2022Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Transformations & symmetry questions

Transformations & symmetry, 3 marks

How many lines of symmetry does a rectangle (not a square) have?

  1. 4
  2. 1
  3. 2
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2

A rectangle folds onto itself along the lines through the midpoints of opposite sides. Its diagonals are not lines of symmetry; a square has 4 lines.

Transformations & symmetry, 2 marks

A car's windscreen wiper sweeps across the glass. Which transformation is this?

  1. Axial symmetry
  2. Rotation
  3. Translation
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Rotation

The wiper turns about a fixed pivot. Every point on it moves along an arc centred on the pivot, and points further out travel further.

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