Did You Know?
It’s not hard to figure out how many degrees
you need to spin a shape in order to take
it around in a full circle. All you need is a
little math!
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Figure out how many times you want the
shape to go around.
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Divide 360 degrees (the number of degrees
in a circle) by that number. The result is the
number of degrees you need to turn!
Take, for example, the snowflake Anna drew
using the “Sisters Design.” She spun the
design around 6 times. 360 degrees ÷ 6 = 60
degrees. That is why we used 60 degrees in
our code.
Look at Elsa’s design below. It uses 8
squares. 360 degrees ÷ 8 = 45 degrees. This
means we need to turn 45 degrees after
drawing each square.
How many degrees would we use if we wanted to spin the square around 10 times?
Complete this equation in your notebook to find the answer:
360 degrees ÷ ______ = ______
23
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