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Transformations Discovery Packet: Definition: A

The document is a student worksheet on transformations. It introduces translations, reflections, and rotations. For translations, the student identifies that the corresponding points of the preimage and image have the same relative position and determines the rule for translations involves adding or subtracting the same amount from each coordinate. For reflections, the student recognizes a reflection "flips" the figure and determines the rule for reflections over the x and y-axis involves changing the sign of one coordinate. For rotations, the student rotates a rectangle between quadrants, observes properties maintained, and identifies the center of rotation and that rotations can be clockwise or counterclockwise.

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Transformations Discovery Packet: Definition: A

The document is a student worksheet on transformations. It introduces translations, reflections, and rotations. For translations, the student identifies that the corresponding points of the preimage and image have the same relative position and determines the rule for translations involves adding or subtracting the same amount from each coordinate. For reflections, the student recognizes a reflection "flips" the figure and determines the rule for reflections over the x and y-axis involves changing the sign of one coordinate. For rotations, the student rotates a rectangle between quadrants, observes properties maintained, and identifies the center of rotation and that rotations can be clockwise or counterclockwise.

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Name _____________________________________ Date ___________

Transformations Discovery Packet


Definition: A transformation changes a figure into another figure. With this packet, we will be
discovering different transformations and determining what rules are needed for specific
transformations. Make sure you bring this packet everyday to class.

Transformations Day 1:

Using a ruler, take the image of this triangle ABC and move it one inch to the right and one inch
down.

What is similar between the original triangle ABC and the new triangle ABC?
Note: A is read as A prime. A represents the image of A, while A represents the preimage.

What differences are there between the original triangle and the new triangle?
a) Write the coordinates of the endpoints of the line
segment AB.

b) Slide the image down 1 unit and right 5 units. Label


the endpoints A and B. Write the coordinates of A and B.

c) How do the coordinates represent the slide?


Explain.

Plot the following points on the coordinate plane:


A(-10, 8), B(-5, 5), C(-2,0) and D(-6,0).
Make sure to label them on your
coordinate plane. Connect the points.

Slide the figure to the right 4 units and


down 3 units. Draw the new figure and
label the new vertices A, B, C and D.
Write down the coordinates for each
vertex. How do these vertices compare to
our original figure?

The transformation you completed in


these problems is called a translation.
Define a translation in your own words.
Could you reduce your explanation to one
word? Underline it!
What rule do you think there is for finding a translation? Try to express it algebraically or
generalize it into words.

A translation is a transformation in which a figure slides but does not turn. Every point of the
figure moves the same distance and in the same direction.

Do you think the preimage and the image are congruent? Explain your reasoning.

Try It On Your Own:

Tell whether each is a translation of the other. Explain.

1. 2. 3.

The vertices of a square are A(1,-2), B(3,-2),


C(3,-4) and D(1,-4). Draw the figure and its
image after a translation 4 units left and 6
units right. Write out the coordinates for
A,B, C and D.
Transformations Day 2:

Babies are always so amazed when they see themselves


in the mirror. Look at this babys hand. Below, draw what
the babys hand looks like on the left side of the mirror
(represented by a line) and what the babys hand looks
like in the reflection of the mirror. *You will be provided
with tracing paper. Draw your hand on the tracing paper
on the right side of the page. Fold the paper vertically to
represent your mirror and trace what you see onto the
blank side. What do you notice?*

Do these hands look the same? If not, what is different about them?

Now, try it with a triangle. If the line is the mirror, how would the triangle look in the reflection?
Are these triangles congruent? Explain. Use the same piece of tracing paper to help you
visualize it.
The transformation you completed in these problems is called a reflection. Define reflection in
your own words. If you had to shorten your definition to one word, what would it be? Underline
it!

On the coordinate plane to the left, line


segment AB is the preimage while line
segment AB is the image after a reflection.
What do you notice about the coordinates?
What do you think represents our mirror in
this case?

On the coordinate plane to the right, line segment


AB is the preimage while line segment AB is the
image after a reflection. What do you notice about
the coordinates? What do you think represents our
mirror in this case?

A reflection, or flip, is a transformation in which a


figure is reflected in a line called the line of
reflection. A reflection creates a mirror image of the
original image.

What rule do you think there is for finding a reflection over the x-axis? The y axis? Try to
express it algebraically or generalize it into words.
Transformations Day 3:
Before we talk about our transformation of the day, lets think about the quadrants in a
coordinate plane. Label each quadrant in the coordinate plane that is provided to you.

Follow these steps using the coordinate plane given to you:


1. Draw a rectangle in Quadrant II. Label the vertices A, B, C and D and find its
dimensions. List the vertices:

2. Use the tracing paper to copy the axes and the rectangle. Align your axes on your
tracing paper with your coordinate plane.
3. Turn the tracing paper so that the rectangle is in Quadrant I and align the axes. Draw the
new figure in the coordinate plane. List the vertices:

4. Compare the dimensions and the angle measures of the new figure to those of the
original rectangle. What do you notice?

5. Are the opposite sides of the new figure still parallel? Explain.

6. Are the figures congruent? Explain.

7. Turn the tracing paper again so that the original rectangle is in Quadrant IV. Draw the
new figure in the coordinate plane. List the vertices below and repeat questions 4-6.
Do you think those results would always hold true with any shape? Explain your reasoning.

This transformation is called a rotation. A rotation is a transformation in which a figure is rotated


about a point called the center of rotation. In your work with the rectangle, what do you think
the center of rotation was?

If you were going to describe a rotation in one word, what would that word be?

A rotation can be clockwise or counterclockwise. Label these two clocks with an arrow indicating
clockwise and counterclockwise.

Clockwise Counterclockwise

The number of degrees a figure rotates is the angle of rotation. A full rotation around the
coordinate plane is 360 degrees. How many degrees do you think you rotated your rectangle in
Quadrant II to Quadrant I? What about from Quadrant II to Quadrant IV? Explain your
reasoning.

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