A square with a corner notch is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Which orientation is the notch now?

A square with a corner notch is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Which orientation is the notch now?

• A. Right
• B. Top
• C. Bottom
• D. Left

Answer: (A)

When you rotate a shape 90 degrees clockwise, every feature on it also rotates so that directions shift: up becomes right, right becomes down, down becomes left, and left becomes up. The corner notch is a fixed feature on the square, so after the turn it moves to the position that sits to the right of where it was before. That means the notch ends up oriented toward the right side of the square.

When you rotate a shape 90 degrees clockwise, every feature on it also rotates so that directions shift: up becomes right, right becomes down, down becomes left, and left becomes up. The corner notch is a fixed feature on the square, so after the turn it moves to the position that sits to the right of where it was before. That means the notch ends up oriented toward the right side of the square.