Congruent Transformations


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Videos, examples, and solutions to help Grade 8 students understand that a two-dimensional figure is congruent to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations; given two congruent figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the congruence between them.

Common Core: 8.G.2

Suggested Learning Targets

  • I can define congruency
  • I can identify symbols for congruency
  • I can apply the concept of congruency to write congruent statements.
  • I can reason that a 2-D figure is congruent to another if the second can be obtained by a sequence of rotation, reflections, and translation.
  • I can describe the sequence of rotations, reflections, translations that exhibits the congruence between 2-D figures using words.

The following table shows examples of congruence and transformation of figures: translation, rotation, and reflection. Scroll down the page for more examples and solutions.
Understanding Congruence
 

Congruence (8.G.2)
Two figures are congruent if you can translate, rotate, and/or reflect one shape to get the other.




Congruence and Transformations Using congruence transformations, including translation, reflection, and rotation.

Creating a congruent triangle by translation, rotation, reflection

Congruence Using Transformations
This video demonstrates congruence using transformations.

2-dimensional Figure is Congruent to another if it is obtained by the Transformations: translation, reflection, and rotation

8.g.2
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