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Math Grade 6-8

Geometric Transformations: Translations, Rotations, and Reflections

Describe and apply basic transformations on the coordinate plane

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Practice identifying, describing, and performing translations, rotations, and reflections on the coordinate plane.

Read each problem carefully. Show your work and explain your thinking when needed.

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Describe and apply basic transformations on the coordinate plane

Math - Grade 6-8

Instructions: Read each problem carefully. Show your work and explain your thinking when needed.
  1. 1
    A point on a coordinate grid is translated right and up.

    Point A is at (2, 3). Translate the point 4 units right and 2 units up. What are the new coordinates?

  2. 2
    A point on a coordinate grid is translated left and down.

    Point B is at (-1, 5). Translate the point 3 units left and 6 units down. What are the new coordinates?

  3. 3
    A triangle on a coordinate grid is translated right and down.

    Triangle ABC has vertices A(1, 1), B(4, 1), and C(2, 3). Translate the triangle by the rule (x, y) to (x + 2, y - 1). What are the new coordinates of A', B', and C'?

  4. 4
    A point is rotated clockwise around the origin.

    Point C is at (3, 2). Rotate the point 90 degrees clockwise around the origin. What are the new coordinates?

  5. 5
    A point is rotated counterclockwise around the origin.

    Point D is at (-4, 1). Rotate the point 90 degrees counterclockwise around the origin. What are the new coordinates?

  6. 6
    A point is rotated 180 degrees around the origin.

    Point E is at (5, -2). Rotate the point 180 degrees around the origin. What are the new coordinates?

  7. 7
    A point is reflected across the horizontal axis.

    Point F is at (6, -3). Reflect the point across the x-axis. What are the new coordinates?

  8. 8
    A point is reflected across the vertical axis.

    Point G is at (-2, 7). Reflect the point across the y-axis. What are the new coordinates?

  9. 9
    A point is reflected across a diagonal line through the origin.

    Point H is at (4, -1). Reflect the point across the line y = x. What are the new coordinates?

  10. 10
    A point moves down and to the right on a coordinate grid.

    A point moves from (1, 4) to (5, 1). Describe the translation in words.

  11. 11
    A point is reflected across the vertical axis.

    Point J is at (-3, 2). After a reflection across the y-axis, where is the image point J'?

  12. 12
    A point is reflected across the horizontal axis.

    Point K is at (2, -5). After a reflection across the x-axis, where is the image point K'?

  13. 13
    A point on the vertical axis is rotated 180 degrees around the origin.

    Point L is at (0, 6). Rotate the point 180 degrees around the origin. What are the new coordinates?

  14. 14
    A shape shifts the same distance and direction without turning or flipping.

    A shape is moved so that every point shifts the same distance in the same direction. Is this transformation a translation, rotation, or reflection? Explain.

  15. 15
    A triangle turns around a fixed point.

    A triangle is turned around a fixed point. Is this transformation a translation, rotation, or reflection? Explain.

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