Pick one tip of the shape and watch only that, so your child can say how far it turned.
Practice test 1 is free. No card needed.
Rotation questions are solved by following one tip of the shape and naming how far and which way it turns each step. Children in Year 5 now sit ASET Abstract Reasoning in Year 6, on 6 March 2027.
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A figure turns by the same amount each step; in ours, a quarter or an eighth of a full turn. Your child's job is to name that amount and its direction, then apply it once more.
A turning rule can sit in either of the handbook's types. In a sequence, your child must find the rule for the sequence and choose what most logically and simply comes next. In a grid, they choose the option that fits most logically and simply into the space marked with a question mark.
Rotation comes in the last of the four tests. These three are our own, from easier to harder, and each shows the answer and the working. Turn the page together a quarter at a time and watch where the tip lands.
Which figure comes next in the sequence?
Answer: C
Answer: C
Watch which way the flag faces. Each step the whole flag turns a quarter turn clockwise. After four quarter turns it is back where it began, pole on the left and flag at the top pointing right, so the answer is C. B looks close, but its flag points left: it has been flipped like a mirror image, not turned.
Which figure comes next in the sequence?
Answer: A
Answer: A
The arrow turns an eighth of a turn clockwise each step, and the black square moves one place clockwise round the edge, so the arrow always points at it. Next the arrow points straight down with the square below it, so the answer is A. D has the square in the right place, but the arrow points away from it. B forgets to move the square.
Which figure comes next in the sequence?
Answer: D
Answer: D
Treat the two arrows separately. The left arrow turns a quarter turn clockwise each step, while the right arrow turns an eighth of a turn anticlockwise each step. Next the left arrow points up and the right arrow points straight down, so the answer is D. C turns the right arrow the wrong way, and A forgets to turn it at all.
Watch one point, not the whole shape, because a single tip shows the size of a turn far more clearly than an outline does. Rough working is fine in the question booklet, but markers never see it, so sketching an arrow or turning the booklet is fine.
Pick the point of an arrow or the end of a flag and watch only that part from step to step.
Say how far and which way: a quarter turn clockwise, or an eighth of a turn anticlockwise.
A dot or square may travel round the edge while the shape turns. Track it as well.
Two arrows can turn by different amounts and in opposite directions.
A turned shape can be rotated back to the original. The mirror image of a lopsided shape, such as a flag, can't.
The wrong options here look almost right, which is the point. As you read the three together, check for these slips first.
Turn real objects first, then ask your child to predict the turn before making it. Pace comes after that: the test is 35 questions in 20 minutes, and the handbook says to work even more quickly than the other tests.
Practice test 1 is free and mixes turns with flips and two-rule patterns, so you see whether your child spots a rotation when it isn't labelled. More in our ASET abstract reasoning sample questions.
Practice test 1 marks every answer and shows results by skill: what your child already does well and the three skills to work on next.
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