Symmetry & Reflections: Mirror Matches on the Pitch - Class 4 Maths Worksheet
Find lines of symmetry in pitches, pennants, badges and banners, read mirror numbers and words, fold and cut paper, and spot tiles that leave no gaps.
Learning Objective
Find and count lines of symmetry in simple shapes, tell which numbers and words look the same in a mirror, predict the result of folding and cutting paper, and know which shapes tile without gaps.
Skills Practised
- Lines of symmetry
- Mirror images
- Mirror writing
- Folding and cutting
- Tiling
- Symmetrical shapes
Preview Questions
Q1. A football pitch is a rectangle that is not a square. How many lines of symmetry does a rectangle have?
- 2
- 1
- 0
- 4
Q2. Kush marks out a square training area with cones. How many lines of symmetry does a square have?
- 8
- 1
- 4
- 2
Q3. A corner pennant has two equal long sides and one short side. How many lines of symmetry does it have?
- 0
- 1
- 3
- 2
Interactive Story Mission
Join Coach and Pariskhit for a 10-minute football training story. Children work through 12 activities with big buttons, kind feedback, hints when they get stuck, and a badge and stars at the end.
- A Line of Symmetry: Tap the picture where the dashed line splits the shape into two matching halves.
- The Banner: Look at the two dashed lines.
- The Plus Badge: Drag the number into the goal.
- How Many Lines?: Tap a card. Then tap its group.
- Mirror Numbers: Tap a card. Then tap its group.
- Read the Van: The word is written as a mirror image.
- Fold and Cut: Think about the fold line.
- Two Notches: Every cut goes through both layers.
- Tiles Without Gaps: Tap the shape that leaves gaps when tiles of it are laid side by side.
- The Triangle Flag: All three sides are equal.
- The Pennant: Two sides are equal.
- No Line at All: Tap the shape that has no line of symmetry.
Note for Parents & Teachers
This follows the NCERT Class 4 chapter "Fun with Symmetry". A line of symmetry splits a shape into two halves that match exactly when folded. A square has 4 lines of symmetry and a rectangle has 2. Only the digits 0, 1 and 8 look the same in a mirror. At home, fold paper shapes to test for symmetry and hold a mirror beside a letter.