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Reason about clockwise and anticlockwise quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns.
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Reason about clockwise and anticlockwise quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns.
Reason about clockwise and anticlockwise quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns.
Example 1
A toy car faces right. It turns to face left. What single turn changes it to the opposite direction?
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Answer: Half turn
- Right and left are opposite directions.
- A half turn moves through 2 quarter turns to face the opposite way.
Example 2
A toy car faces down. It turns to face up. What single turn changes it to the opposite direction?
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Answer: Half turn
- Down and up are opposite directions.
- A half turn moves through 2 quarter turns to face the opposite way.
Example 3
A dancer makes a quarter turn. How many quarter turns is that?
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Answer: 1
- One full turn has 4 equal quarter turns.
- A quarter turn contains 1 quarter turn.
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