Problem:

 

Draw each of the shapes named below and all the lines of symmetry in each.

 

1.   a square

2.   a rectangle

3.   a regular pentagon

4.   an equilateral triangle

 

 

 

Answer:

 

         1.                                                           2.

                                                  

 

         3.                                                           4.

                                                   

 

 

Teacher Notes:

 A line of symmetry divides a figure into two congruent halves that are mirror images of each other9

 

9 Cavanagh, M. (2000).  Math to know (p.455).  Wilmington, MA:  Great Source Education Group