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Transformations Practice Quiz

Authored by Bonnie Negrich

Mathematics

8th Grade

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Transformations Practice Quiz
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This quiz covers geometric transformations, specifically focusing on translations, reflections, rotations, and dilations in the coordinate plane. Based on the complexity of the concepts and the integration of coordinate geometry with transformation rules, this material is appropriate for 8th grade mathematics. Students need a solid understanding of the coordinate plane, including how to plot points and identify coordinates, along with spatial reasoning skills to visualize how figures change position, orientation, and size. The core concepts require students to distinguish between rigid transformations (translations, reflections, and rotations) that preserve size and shape, and non-rigid transformations (dilations) that change size while maintaining shape proportions. Students must master transformation vocabulary, apply coordinate rules for specific transformations, identify transformations from visual representations, and understand properties such as congruence in rigid transformations and similarity in dilations. Created by Bonnie Negrich, a Mathematics teacher in the US who teaches grade 8. This comprehensive quiz serves as an excellent tool for formative assessment, allowing teachers to gauge student understanding of transformation concepts before moving to more advanced applications. The variety of question types makes it ideal for differentiated instruction - teachers can use selected questions as warm-up activities to review specific transformation types, assign the full quiz as homework to reinforce classroom learning, or implement it as a review session before summative assessments. The inclusion of both visual identification questions and algebraic rule applications supports multiple learning styles and helps students make connections between graphical and analytical representations. This quiz aligns with 8th grade Common Core standards 8.G.A.1, 8.G.A.2, and 8.G.A.3, which address congruence and similarity through transformations, describing transformation effects on coordinates, and analyzing sequences of transformations.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

A turn is also called a ___________.

Translation
Reflection
Rotation
Transformation

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Translation are always _______

Congruent
Bigger
Smaller
Rotated

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the transformation.

Reflection across y-axis
90 Rotation counter clockwise
Translation 5 units left, 1 unit up.
Translation 5 units right, 1 unit down

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The original figure prior to a transformation.

Pre-image
Image

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

A slide is also called a _________.

Translation
Reflection
Rotation
Transformation

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

What is this picture an example of? 

An angle
A cat vertex 
Rotation 
Dilation

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

The image A'B'C' is a rotation of ABC.

True
False

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

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