Year 2 · Position and direction · Summary

Year 2 Position and direction: summary and key words

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Chapter summary

Skill	Method
Patterns	A pattern repeats. Find the part that repeats, then carry it on. In a growing pattern each step adds the same amount.
Arrangements	An arrangement is a different order. List every order, then count each one once.
Combinations	A combination picks one thing from each group. List every pair, then count each pair once.
Grid position	Row 1 is the top row. Column 1 is the left column. Count rows down and squares across.
Movement	Moving right or left stays in a row. Moving up or down stays in a column. A turn starts a new line.
Quarter, half, three-quarter	A quarter turn makes 1 right angle. A half turn makes 2. A three-quarter turn makes 3. A whole turn makes 4.
Clockwise and anticlockwise	Clockwise goes up, right, down, left. Anticlockwise goes up, left, down, right.

pattern: objects that repeat in the same order again and again.
sequence: a list of things in a set order.
arrangement: a different order of the same objects.
combination: a choice of one thing from each group.
row: a line of squares going across a grid. Row 1 is the top row.
column: a line of squares going up and down a grid. Column 1 is the left column.
straight line: a path that keeps going the same way and does not turn.
turn: going round, part of the way or all the way.
quarter turn: a quarter of the way round. It makes one right angle.
half turn: half of the way round. It makes two right angles.
three-quarter turn: three quarters of the way round. It makes three right angles.
whole turn: all the way round, back to the start. It makes four right angles.
right angle: a square corner, like the corner of a book.
clockwise: the way the hands of a clock move: up, right, down, left.
anticlockwise: the other way round from the hands of a clock: up, left, down, right.