Transformations

By: Julie Byrne

PROFFESSOR PETTY MATH 1351.301

 TEXAS TEKS
• (6) Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process
standards to analyze attributes of two-dimensional geometric figures to develop
generalizations about their properties. The student is expected to:
• (A) classify and sort two- and three-dimensional figures, including cones, cylinders, spheres,
triangular and rectangular prisms, and cubes, based on attributes using formal geometric
language;
• (B) use attributes to recognize rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids, rectangles, and
squares as examples of quadrilaterals and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong
to any of these subcategories;
• (C) determine the area of rectangles with whole number side lengths in problems using
multiplication related to the number of rows times the number of unit squares in each row;
• (D) decompose composite figures formed by rectangles into non-overlapping rectangles to
determine the area of the original figure using the additive property of area; and
• (E) decompose two congruent two-dimensional figures into parts with equal areas and
express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole and recognize that equal shares
of identical wholes need not have the same shape.
 Defining Transformations:
• A or shape over a plane. The original shape of
the specific ways to manipulate the shape of a point,
a line, the object is called the pre-image and the 5
final shape and position of the object is the image
under the transformation 4
• 1. Translation:
3
• slide a figure in any direction
• 2. Reflection: 2
• flip a figure over a line
1
• 3. Rotation:
• rotate a figure a certain degree around a point -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

Let’s try some transformations: -1

1. Translation: Move to the right 2,
down 2. -2
a

a
2. Reflection: Move to the left 2.
3. Rotation: Rotate triangle point (a) 90 degrees -3
to the right 4, up 2.
Examples of transformations:
Interactive Examples of
Transformations:
• https://www.mathwarehouse.com/transformations/
• Here are a few real life transformations that we see everyday! Do you
know a few?
Define Translation:
Is a motion (or transformation) of a plane that moves every
point of the plane a specific direction along a straight line.

Remember:
• the same distance
• in the same direction.
 Examples of Translation:
*the original shape (“pre-image”) is the
shape or plane that in notated by only
letters. In this example the pre-image is in
the orange.

*The translation of that pre-image is

called “image” and notated with letters
and numbers. The image is in the green.
• Notice that A,B,C, and D all are
marked with the #1 in the corner.
 Interactive Examples of Translation:
• https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/translation.html

• You can find translations in everyday life! Can you think of a few?
Define Reflections:
• a reflection is a type of rigid transformation in which the preimage is
flipped across a line of reflection to create the image. Each point of
the image is the same distance from the line as the preimage is, just
on the opposite side of the line.

https://mathbitsnotebook.com/Geometry/Transformations/TR
TransformationReflection.html
Examples of Reflections:
• We can see reflections in everyday life as well! Nature can show us many different types of reflections!
Can you name a few?
Interactive Example of Reflections:
• https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/reflection.html
Define Rotation:
• A rotation is a transformation that turns a figure about a fixed point
called the center of rotation or origin in a certain number of degrees
and moving either clockwise or counter clockwise direction.

This is an example of a rotation of a triangle that

is rotation around a point of origin in a clockwise
A. B.
direction.
• Which triangle is a 90 degree rotation?
• A, B, C, or D?
Point of origin • Which is triangle is a 180 degree rotation?
• A, B, C, or D?
• Which triangle is 270 degree rotation?
• A, B, C, or D?
• If you were to rotate the triangle counter clockwise, which
C. D.
order should the triangles be in?
Examples of Rotations:
Interactive Examples of Rotation:
• https://www.mathwarehouse.com/transformations/rotations-in-math.php
• When thinking about rotation, think of the rotation like a pin wheel. The triangles
stay the same size but all spin on the same point that is equal distance from each
other.
• Here are some everyday objects in life that give us examples of rotations!