wunder beta🧭 Degrees and Turns
Measure turns in degrees — quarter, half, and full turns — and learn clockwise and anticlockwise directions.
What you’ll learn
- Turns and DegreesMeasure quarter, half, three-quarter, and full turns in degrees.Turns are measured in degrees. A full turn is 360 degrees. Half of that is 180°, a quarter turn is 90° (a right angle), and three quarters is 270°. Laying a turn out like a number line from 0 to 360 shows exactly where each fraction of a turn lands.
- Directions of TurnTell clockwise from anticlockwise and link turns to compass directions.Turns have a direction: clockwise is the way a clock's hands move, and anticlockwise is the opposite. Starting from North and turning clockwise, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next compass point — East, South, then West. A half turn is 180° and a full turn brings you back to North.
Questions this course answers
How many degrees are in a full turn?
A full turn goes all the way around, which is 360 degrees.
A half turn is…
Half of a full turn (360°) is 180 degrees, so you end up facing the opposite way.
A quarter turn is the same as a right angle. How many degrees is that?
A quarter of 360° is 90 degrees, which is a right angle.
'Clockwise' means turning…
Clockwise is the direction a clock's hands travel; anticlockwise is the opposite way.
You face North and make a quarter turn clockwise. Which way do you face now?
Turning a quarter clockwise from North brings you to face East.
Grounded in trusted sources
- Khan Academy Kids
- BBC Bitesize — KS2 Maths
- NRICH — University of Cambridge
- Britannica Kids
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