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Symmetry & Reflection

A figure mirrors across an axis while paired regions exchange sides or orientation.

Understanding this pattern

Reflection patterns flip a figure across a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal axis. Distances from the axis stay equal, but left and right—or top and bottom—exchange places. Reflection often combines with a separate fill or shape cycle, so solve the mirror and the changing centre element independently.

Example Question 1

Symmetry & Reflection q28_mirrored_split_rhombus
Options A B C D E
Correct answer: A

Pattern Rule

Two rules run together: the black-and-white diagonal background mirrors in every panel, while the central rhombus cycles through solid black, horizontal stripes, and vertical stripes. Advance both cycles once.

Explanation

Option A is the only choice that applies this rule to the next panel. Every other choice stops, reverses, skips, or misaligns at least one part of the pattern.

Example Question 2

Symmetry & Reflection q28_mirrored_split_rhombus
Options A B C D E
Correct answer: D

Pattern Rule

Two rules run together: the black-and-white diagonal background mirrors in every panel, while the central rhombus cycles through solid black, horizontal stripes, and vertical stripes. Advance both cycles once.

Explanation

Option D is the only choice that applies this rule to the next panel. Every other choice stops, reverses, skips, or misaligns at least one part of the pattern.

How to spot it

  • Left and right positions exchange while spacing stays equal
  • A diagonal changes direction in alternating panels
  • Paired regions retain their relationship on opposite sides of an axis

Common traps

  • Confusing a mirror image with a 180° rotation
  • Moving a symbol without reversing its orientation
  • Ignoring a separate fill cycle inside the reflected figure

Related tags

symmetry reflection mirror diagonal_split

Question patterns using this concept (4)

Choose a question pattern below to open the exam configurator and practise only that specific pattern.

Convergence Fusion Quadrants Decorated Quadrants Dotted Mirrored Split Rhombus
Practice Now Abstract Reasoning Patterns

Other pattern concepts

Rotation Accumulation Dual Speed Permutation & Swap Shape Cycling Path & Movement Interaction & Fusion Quadrants & Sectors Alternation & Fill