Practice Rotation in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

Quick Recap

A rigid transformation that turns every point of a figure by a fixed angle around a fixed center of rotation.

Like a Ferris wheel turning around its center hub—every seat traces a circle, staying the same distance from the axle while sweeping through the same angle.

Showing a random 20 of 50 problems.

Example 1

hard
The point (6,2) is rotated 90° CW about an unknown center and lands at (2,−2). Find the center.

Example 2

hard
Find the center of rotation for the rotation that sends A(1,0) to A′(0,1) and B(2,0) to B′(0,2).

Example 3

easy
What is the image of point (0,5) after a 180° rotation about the origin?

Example 4

challenge
A regular hexagon is rotated about its center. List all rotation angles (between 0∘ and 360∘) that map it onto itself.

Example 5

easy
Rotate (2,3) by 180∘ about the origin.

Example 6

medium
Triangle A(2,1), B(5,1), C(5,3) is rotated 90° CCW about the origin. Find the image vertices.

Example 7

medium
Rotate the segment from A(0,0) to B(3,4) by 90° CCW about A. Find B′.

Example 8

hard
Rotate the point (1,0) by 45° counterclockwise about the origin. Give exact coordinates.

Example 9

medium
Rotate the point (4,2) by 270∘ counterclockwise about the origin.

Example 10

easy
Rotate the point (−3,5) by 180° about the origin.

Example 11

hard
What single rotation about the origin equals the composition of a 250° CCW rotation followed by a 190° CCW rotation about the origin?

Example 12

easy
A 90∘ clockwise rotation is the same as how many degrees counterclockwise?

Example 13

medium
Rotate the point B(4,0) by 60° counterclockwise about the origin. Give exact coordinates.

Example 14

easy
Rotate the point A(3,2) by 90° counterclockwise about the origin. Where does A end up?

Example 15

challenge
Explain why a rotation (other than 0∘ or 360∘) has exactly one fixed point.

Example 16

medium
Rotate the point (2,0) by 30° counterclockwise about the origin. Give exact coordinates.

Example 17

easy
Rotate the point (4,1) by 90° counterclockwise about the origin.

Example 18

easy
Does a rotation change a figure's size?

Example 19

easy
After rotating a figure 360∘, where does it end up?

Example 20

medium
A rotation of 90∘ is applied twice. What single rotation is equivalent?