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Class 7th Symmetry Notes

The document discusses different types of symmetry including line symmetry, rotational symmetry, and reflection symmetry. It provides examples of symmetry in regular polygons and describes how to identify line and rotational symmetry in shapes.

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Class 7th Symmetry Notes

The document discusses different types of symmetry including line symmetry, rotational symmetry, and reflection symmetry. It provides examples of symmetry in regular polygons and describes how to identify line and rotational symmetry in shapes.

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Class 7th

SYMMETRY

If two or more parts of a figure are identical after folding or flipping then it is said to be
symmetry. To be symmetrical the two halves of a shape must be of same shape and size.

If the shape is not symmetrical then it is said to be asymmetrical.


Line of Symmetry
It is an imaginary line which divides the image into two equal halves. It could be horizontal,
vertical or diagonal. There could be one or more than one line of symmetry in a figure.

Lines of Symmetry for Regular Polygons


If all the sides and angles of a polygon are equal then it is said to be a regular polygon. Like
the are equilateral triangle, square etc.
All the regular polygons symmetrical shapes.
In the regular polygon, the number of lines of symmetry is the same as the number of its
sides.

Regular
Number of Sides Line of Symmetry Image
Polygon

Equilateral
3 3
Triangle
Square 4 4

Regular
5 5
Pentagon

Regular
6 6
Hexagon

Types of Symmetry
There are two types of Symmetry

1. Reflection Symmetry
If we draw a dotted line which gives the mirror reflection of the other half of the image then
it is reflection symmetry. It is the same as basic symmetry which tells us that if the dotted line
divides the image into two equal halves then it is the reflective symmetry of the figure.

2. Rotational Symmetry
If we rotate the image at a centre point of the image at 360° then the number of times the
image looks the same, shows the rotational symmetry of the image.
Rotational Symmetry
• If a figure rotates at a fixed point then that point is the centre of Rotation.
• It could rotate clockwise or anticlockwise.
• While rotation the measurement of the angle which we take is the angle of rotation. And a
complete rotation is of 360°.
• If the angle of rotation is 180° then it is called Half Turn and if the angle of rotation is 90°
then it is called a Quarter Turn.

This image looks symmetrical but there is no line of symmetry in it i.e. there is any such line
which divides it into two equal halves. But if we rotate it at 90° about its centre then it will
look exactly the same. This shows that it has Rotational Symmetry.
While rotating, there are four positions when the image looks exactly the same. So this
windmill has a rotational symmetry of order 4 about its centre.
Line Symmetry and Rotational Symmetry
Some shapes have only line symmetry and some shapes have only rotational symmetry but
there are some shapes which have both types of symmetry.
Example
Find whether the given image has rotational symmetry or line symmetry or both.

Solution:
Rotational Symmetry
If we rotate the image clockwise at an angle of 360° around its centre then it will have
rotational symmetry of order 1 or no symmetry as every image will look same if we rotate it
at 360°.
This will not look the same at every 120° because of the colour of the balls at its edges.
Line Symmetry
This figure will have three line of symmetry. As there are three possible lines which can
divide the image into two equal halves.

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