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Exploring Congruent Triangles
In this congruent triangles worksheet, students solve 12 different equations related to writing a correspondence statement for triangles in the given diagrams. They complete each correspondence statement and write a congruence statement...
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Triangles and Congruence
Can your class construct triangles and determine congruence? Find out with this well put together worksheet. THey construct triangles to given specifications and identify if they are congruent. There are 3 muti-step problems to solve.
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Transforming Congruent Figures: Post Test
In this transformations worksheet, learners complete multiple choice questions about the transformations of congruent figures. They complete 10 problems.
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Finding Volume of Similar Figures
Upper elementary and middle schoolers examine the Volumes of Similar Figures. They investigate the relationship between corresponding sides and evaluate the volume of similar figures. Pupils record their findings on various activity...
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Similar and Congruent Shapes
In this similar-congruent activity, learners determine measures of unknown angles, draw congruent shapes and determine whether shapes are congruent. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Virginia Department of Education
Similar Figures
How similar do figures have to be to be similar figures? Individuals learn to identify similar figures by verifying that angles are congruent and sides are proportional. Additionally, they match the corresponding parts of similar figures.
Charleston School District
Review Unit 2: Congruence and Similarity
Review for the test with a comprehensive list of terms and concepts for the unit on congruence and similarity. It divides divides the sections in the order of the lessons presented during the unit.
Charleston School District
Pre-Test Unit 2: Similar and Congruent
A pre-test contains questions about transformations that lead to congruent and similar images. It also covers angle relationships associated with triangles and parallel lines intersected by a transversal.
EngageNY
Similarity
Use the coordinate plane to show two figures are similar. The lesson incorporates congruence transformations and dilations to move a figure on to another figure. Pupils determine that if a similarity transformation exists between two...
Charleston School District
Identifying Series and Determining Congruence or Similarity
Learners consider a set of questions to determine a series of transformations that will move one figure to another. Once the series is determined, the pupil then determines whether the pre-image and image are either congruent or similar.
EngageNY
Congruence Criteria for Triangles—SAS
Looking for a different approach to triangle congruence criteria? Employ transformations to determine congruent triangles. Learners list the transformations required to map one triangle to the next. They learn to identify congruence if...
CK-12 Foundation
Properties of Congruence: Polygon Party
Don't let congruent figures drag you down. Young mathematicians use an interactive to drag figures onto one another to determine if the figures are congruent.
Massachusetts Department of Education
Similarity through Transformations
Create the ultimate miniature golf course. The 93-page model curriculum unit from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education contains nine lessons on understanding similarity in terms of both Euclidean geometry...
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When Does SSA Work to Determine Triangle Congruence?
Your learners will make good use of the Socratic method in a collaborative task that begins with an assumed solution and ends with deeper understanding of the idea of determining two triangles congruent.
Illustrative Mathematics
Why Does SSS Work?
While it may seem incredibly obvious to the geometry student that congruent sides make congruent triangles, the proving of this by definition actually takes a bit of work. This exercise steps the class through this kind of proof by...
Illustrative Mathematics
Bank Shot
Young geometers become pool sharks in this analysis of the angles and lengths of a trick shot. By using angles of incidence and reflection to develop similar triangles, learners plan the exact placement of balls to make the shot....
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Similarity and Congruence
Students determine that two figures are similar or congruent by
investigating figures that are similar and figures that are congruent. They prove that two figures are similar or congruent by using definitions,
postulates, and theorems.
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Exploring Characteristics Needed to Prove Two Trianlges Congruent
Tenth graders explore congruent triangles. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders investigate the conditions necessary to prove two triangles congruent. The lesson combines dry erase board activities and the use of technology.
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Symmetry, Similar & Congruent Shapes
Fifth graders identify lines of symmetry., similar and congruent shapes. They use construction paper to create their own symmetrical shapes. Students create stained glass frames containing symmetrical, congruent and similar shapes.
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Congruent Trianges - Is This Enough Information?
Seventh graders determine whether two triangles are congruent and provide an explanation to why they are not. They apply concepts of measurement of angles and collect evidence of congruent angles in the world.
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Indirect Measurement with Similar Triangles
Students use similar triangles to find missing heights. In this using similar triangles to find missing heights instructional activity, students use proportions to find the heights of missing side lengths. Students find the height of...
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Similar Figures
In this similar figures worksheet, students identify the meaning of similar, corresponding sides, and congruent. They use proportions to find the length of a missing side. Students dilate given figures according to a scale factor. ...
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Triangle Similarity
In this triangle similarity learning exercise, 10th graders solve and complete 12 different problems that include defining similar and 3 similar statements using only sides and angles. First, they determine if each pair of triangles...
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Transformations and Congruence
In this transformations and congruence learning exercise, 10th graders solve and complete 5 different types of problems. First, they calculate the length of a line giving their answer in 3 significant figures. Then, students prove that...