Transformation Vocabulary

figures that have exactly the same size, shape, and measurements

• Complementary Figures

• Similar figures
• Congruent Figures

• Supplementary figures

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

In mathematics, this change can be described as a mapping between two sets of points

• Translation

• Equation

• Variable
• Transformation

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

a transformation that flips the image creating its mirror image

• Reflection
• Rotation
• Translation
• Dilation

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

the point about which a figure is rotated

• Center of rotation
• Center of gravity
• Center of mass
• Center of momentum

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

figures that have the same shape, but not the same size and are proportional to one another

• Congruent Figures

• Similar Figures

• Symmetrical Figures
• Asymmetrical Figures

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

the number of degrees a figure is rotated

• Angle of Dilation

• Angle

• Angle of Rotation

• Rotation

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

a transformation that slides a figure in a straight line in which no flips or turns are made

• Reflection

• Rotation

• Translation

• Dilation

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

a transformation that makes an object larger or smaller by a scale factor of the original

• Dilation

• Translation
• Rotation
• Reflection

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

the original figure, before a transformation occurs

• The pre-image
• The post-image
• The mid-image
• The sub-image

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

the new figure resulting from a transformation

• A rotation
• A square
• A triangle
• Image

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2