Congruence in Two Dimensions

Lesson 6

Math

Unit 2

10th Grade

Lesson 6 of 18

Objective


Rotate two dimensional figures on and off the coordinate plane.

Common Core Standards


Core Standards

  • G.CO.A.2 — Represent transformations in the plane using, e.g., transparencies and geometry software; describe transformations as functions that take points in the plane as inputs and give other points as outputs. Compare transformations that preserve distance and angle to those that do not (e.g., translation versus horizontal stretch).
  • G.CO.A.3 — Given a rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, or regular polygon, describe the rotations and reflections that carry it onto itself.
  • G.CO.A.5 — Given a geometric figure and a rotation, reflection, or translation, draw the transformed figure using, e.g., graph paper, tracing paper, or geometry software. Specify a sequence of transformations that will carry a given figure onto another.
  • G.CO.B.7 — Use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions to show that two triangles are congruent if and only if corresponding pairs of sides and corresponding pairs of angles are congruent.

Foundational Standards

  • 8.G.A.1
  • 8.G.A.2
  • 8.G.A.3

Criteria for Success


  1. Rotate polygons described by algebraic rules (specifically triangles, rectangles, parallelograms, and regular polygons) on the coordinate plane. 
  2. Rotate polygons described by degree and direction (specifically triangles, rectangles, parallelograms, and regular polygons) off the coordinate plane using constructions and patty paper. 
  3. Determine whether two polygons (specifically triangles) are congruent through transformation by rotation.
  4. Describe why two polygons are congruent and highlight the angle and distance preservation of rotations as evidence. 
  5. Given a polygon with rotational symmetry, describe why the polygon will map onto itself.
  6. Identify all degrees of rotational symmetry in a regular polygon (order of rotational symmetry). 
  7. Relate the rotational symmetry of a figure to the reflectional symmetry of a figure and describe how the congruence of these two rigid motions applies to both reflectional and rotational symmetry.
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Anchor Problems


Problem 1

Below is triangle $${\triangle ABC}$$. Rotate this shape five times clockwise about the origin.

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Problem 2

Which one doesn't belong? Give a reason why each of the quadrants does not belong with the rest.

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References

Which One Doesn't Belong ShapesShape 36 from Daniel Ruiz Aguilera

Shapes is made available on Which One Doesn't Belong?. Copyright © 2013 wwdb.ca. All Rights Reserved. Accessed on June 30, 2016, 3:56 p.m..

Problem 3

Suppose $${{{ABCD}}}$$ is a quadrilateral for which there is exactly one rotation, through an angle larger than 0 degrees and less than 360 degrees, which maps to itself.  Further, no reflections map $${{{ABCD}}}$$ to itself.  

What shape is $${{{ABCD}}}$$?

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References

Illustrative Mathematics Symmetries of a Quadrilateral I

Symmetries of a Quadrilateral I, accessed on Aug. 10, 2017, 11:11 a.m., is licensed by Illustrative Mathematics under either the CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. For further information, contact Illustrative Mathematics.

Target Task


Rotate the following figure $${90^{\circ}}$$ counterclockwise about the origin, three times. 

  • A shape is formed through these rotations, with center at the origin.  
  • Does this shape have rotational symmetry? If so, by what order/degree? 
  • Doe this shape have reflectional symmetry? If so, what is the line of symmetry? If not, describe why not.

Additional Practice


The following resources include problems and activities aligned to the objective of the lesson that can be used for additional practice or to create your own problem set.

  • Include problems such as:
    • Ask students to identify playing cards with rotational and reflectional symmetry. 
    • Ask students to find the center of a rectangle and then name the rotational and reflectional symmetry of the rectangle. 
    • Ask students to identify whether figures have 90°, 180°, or 270° rotational symmetry.
    • Rotated image and pre-image are given with a center of rotation, off a coordinate plane, and students need to identify the angle and direction of rotation. 
    • Students need to rotate figures around the origin using the coordinate plane and also by using constructions. 
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Lesson Map

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Topic A: Introduction to Polygons

Topic B: Rigid Motion Congruence of Two-Dimensional Figures

Topic C: Triangle Congruence

Topic D: Parallelogram Properties from Triangle Congruence

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