Find Lines of Symmetry

In this worksheet, students will state how many lines of symmetry a shape has.

Key stage: KS 2

Year: Year 4 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic: Geometry: Properties of Shapes

Curriculum subtopic: Identify Line Symmetry in 2D Shapes

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Worksheet Overview

In this activity, we will learn to identify how many lines of symmetry are in everyday shapes.

A line of symmetry is a line along which a shape can be folded to produce two identical sides that fit over each other exactly.

Let's look at an example question together.

Example

How many lines of symmetry does the capital letter A have?

capital A

Answer

This shape has one line of symmetry as shown below.

capital A with a line of symmetry

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happy boy throwing leaves

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