Skill preview
Search shortcut:
SKIP TO CONTENT
IXL Learning
Join now
Sign in
Membership
IXL Learning
Learning
Math
Skills
Lessons
Videos
Games
Fluency Zone
New!
Language arts
Skills
Videos
Games
Science
Social studies
Spanish
Recommendations
Recommendations wall
Skill plans
IXL plans
Textbooks
Test prep
Awards
Student awards
Assessment
Analytics
Takeoff
Inspiration
Learning
All
Learning
Math
Learning
Math
Skills
Lessons
Videos
Games
Fluency Zone
Language arts
Learning
Language arts
Skills
Videos
Games
Science
Social studies
Spanish
Recommendations
Skill plans
Learning
Skill plans
IXL plans
Textbooks
Test prep
Awards
Assessment
Analytics
Takeoff
Inspiration
Sign in
Math
Math
Language arts
Language arts
Science
Science
Social studies
Social studies
Spanish
Spanish
Recommendations
Recommendations
Skill plans
Skill plans
IXL plans
Textbooks
Test prep
Awards
Awards
Lines of symmetry
Print this lesson
Share lesson:
Share this lesson:
Copy the link to this lesson
Copy link
Google Classroom
Facebook
Twitter
Share lesson
What
is
a
line
of
symmetry
?
The
dotted line below is a
line
of
symmetry
.
When you fold the figure on the line, the two halves sit perfectly on top of each other. The two halves are mirror images of each
other.
The
dotted line below is not a line of symmetry. When you fold the figure on the line, the two halves do not match
up.
Try some practice problems!
Practice now
Identify lines of symmetry
Symmetrical
shapes
Shapes
are
symmetrical
if they have at least one line of symmetry. Some shapes have many
more!
This
triangle
has
1
line
of
symmetry
.
It
is
symmetrical
.
This
square
has
4
lines
of
symmetry
.
It
is
symmetrical
.
This
hexagon
has
6
lines
of
symmetry
.
It
is
symmetrical
.
This
parallelogram
has
no
lines
of
symmetry
.
It
is
not
symmetrical
.
Try some practice problems!
Practice now
Draw lines of symmetry
Related
Skills
Identify lines of symmetry
Draw lines of symmetry
Count lines of symmetry
Symmetry
Videos
(4)
Identify lines of symmetry
Draw lines of symmetry
Count lines of symmetry
Symmetry
Lessons
Symmetry