Polygons

[SOL 5.14]

Essential Skills

The student will use problem solving, mathematical communication, mathematical reasoning, connections and representation to

  • Apply transformations to polygons in order to determine congruence. (a)

  • Recognize that translations, reflections, and rotations preserve congruency. (a)

  • Identify the image of a polygon resulting from a single transformation (translation, reflection, or rotation). (a)

  • Investigate and describe the results of combining and subdividing polygons. (b)

  • Compare and contrast the characteristics of a given polygon that has been subdivided with the characteristics of the resulting parts. (b)

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Polygons

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Symmetry

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Transformations

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