MA.912.GR.2.6

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Apply rigid transformations to map one figure onto another to justify that the two figures are congruent.

Clarifications

Clarification 1: Instruction includes showing that the corresponding sides and the corresponding angles are congruent.
General Information
Subject Area: Mathematics (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 912
Strand: Geometric Reasoning
Standard: Apply properties of transformations to describe congruence or similarity.
Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
1200400: Foundational Skills in Mathematics 9-12 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
1206310: Geometry (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
1206320: Geometry Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
1206315: Geometry for Credit Recovery (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7912065: Access Geometry (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))

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Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
MA.912.GR.2.AP.6: Use rigid transformations that includes translations or reflections to map one figure onto another to show that the two figures are congruent.

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Formative Assessments

Justifying HL Congruence:

Students are asked to use rigid motion to explain why the HL pattern of congruence ensures right triangle congruence.

Type: Formative Assessment

Congruent Trapezoids:

Students will determine whether two given trapezoids are congruent.

Type: Formative Assessment

Transform This:

Students are asked to translate and rotate a triangle in the coordinate plane and explain why the pre-image and image are congruent.

Type: Formative Assessment

Proving the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem:

In a diagram involving two parallel lines and a transversal, students are asked to use rigid motion to prove that alternate interior angles are congruent.

Type: Formative Assessment

Showing Triangles Congruent Using Rigid Motion:

Students are asked to use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motion to show that two triangles are congruent in the coordinate plane.

Type: Formative Assessment

Justifying SSS Congruence:

Students are asked to use rigid motion to explain why the SSS pattern of congruence ensures triangle congruence.

Type: Formative Assessment

Justifying SAS Congruence:

Students are asked to use rigid motion to explain why the SAS pattern of congruence ensures triangle congruence.

Type: Formative Assessment

Justifying ASA Congruence:

Students are asked to use rigid motion to explain why the ASA pattern of congruence ensures triangle congruence.

Type: Formative Assessment

MFAS Formative Assessments

Congruent Trapezoids:

Students will determine whether two given trapezoids are congruent.

Justifying ASA Congruence:

Students are asked to use rigid motion to explain why the ASA pattern of congruence ensures triangle congruence.

Justifying HL Congruence:

Students are asked to use rigid motion to explain why the HL pattern of congruence ensures right triangle congruence.

Justifying SAS Congruence:

Students are asked to use rigid motion to explain why the SAS pattern of congruence ensures triangle congruence.

Justifying SSS Congruence:

Students are asked to use rigid motion to explain why the SSS pattern of congruence ensures triangle congruence.

Proving the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem:

In a diagram involving two parallel lines and a transversal, students are asked to use rigid motion to prove that alternate interior angles are congruent.

Showing Triangles Congruent Using Rigid Motion:

Students are asked to use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motion to show that two triangles are congruent in the coordinate plane.

Transform This:

Students are asked to translate and rotate a triangle in the coordinate plane and explain why the pre-image and image are congruent.

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