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

Example 2

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

Example 3

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

Example 4

challenge
A regular hexagon is rotated about its center. List all rotation angles (between 00^\circ and 360360^\circ) that map it onto itself.

Example 5

easy
Rotate (2,3)(2, 3) by 180180^\circ about the origin.

Example 6

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

Example 7

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

Example 8

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

Example 9

medium
Rotate the point (4,2)(4, 2) by 270270^\circ counterclockwise about the origin.

Example 10

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

Example 11

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

Example 12

easy
A 9090^\circ clockwise rotation is the same as how many degrees counterclockwise?

Example 13

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

Example 14

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

Example 15

challenge
Explain why a rotation (other than 00^\circ or 360360^\circ) has exactly one fixed point.

Example 16

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

Example 17

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

Example 18

easy
Does a rotation change a figure's size?

Example 19

easy
After rotating a figure 360360^\circ, where does it end up?

Example 20

medium
A rotation of 9090^\circ is applied twice. What single rotation is equivalent?