What a rotation is

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1. What a rotation is
2. What a rotation keeps
3. Clockwise and anticlockwise
4. Quarter, half and three-quarter turns
5. A quarter turn clockwise
6. A quarter turn anticlockwise
7. The half turn
8. The three-quarter turn
9. The four rotation rules
10. Turning about another point
11. Constructing a rotation
12. Using tracing paper
13. Finding the centre of rotation
14. Finding the angle of rotation
15. Centre and angle together
16. Rotational symmetry and order
17. Orders of common shapes
18. Rotational and line symmetry
19. Turns on a clock face
20. Wheels, fans and gears
21. Rotation in daily life
22. Rotation: mixed review