Spatial Reasoning Flashcards
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If you view a clock from behind its face (looking through the back), in which direction do the hands appear to rotate?
Answer: Anti-clockwise
Viewing the clock from the back reverses left and right, making the hands appear to move anti-clockwise.
How many edges does a cube have?
Answer: 12
A cube has 4 edges on the top face, 4 on the bottom face, and 4 vertical edges connecting them, totalling 12.
A soldier marches 5 km North, 3 km East, then 5 km South. How far are they from their starting point?
Answer: 3 km
The 5 km North and 5 km South cancel out, leaving the soldier exactly 3 km East of the start.
A square's corners are labeled 1 (top-left), 2 (top-right), 3 (bottom-right), 4 (bottom-left). After a 90° clockwise rotation, where is corner 1?
Answer: Top-right
A 90° clockwise rotation moves the top-left corner to the top-right position.
A piece of paper is folded in half three times, and a hole is punched through all layers at the center. When fully unfolded, how many holes are there?
Answer: 8
Each fold doubles the number of holes produced: 1 → 2 → 4 → 8 holes after three folds.
Which of the following 3D shapes has the greatest number of faces?
Answer: Cube
A tetrahedron has 4 faces, a triangular prism has 5, a square pyramid has 5, and a cube has 6 faces — the most.
A periscope uses two mirrors angled at 45°. An observer looks through the bottom eyepiece. In which direction relative to the observer must an object be located for it to be visible?
Answer: Directly above
A periscope redirects light from above downward through the instrument, allowing the observer to see objects directly above them.