Congruent Segments

Students' first experience with transformations is likely to be with specific shapes like triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, and figures with symmetry. Exhibiting a sequence of transformations that shows that two generic line segments of the same length are congruent is a good way for students to begin thinking about transformations in greater generality.
Resource ID#: 42292 Type: Problem-Solving Task
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 8, 9
Intended Audience: Educators educators, Students , Parents
Suggested Technology: Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Office
Instructional Time: 10 Minute(s)
Keywords: Congruent segments, segments, congruent, cpalms, icpalms, illustrativemathematics.org, illustrative mathematics, tasks, mathematics, math, Florida standards, resource, free, freely available, problems-based learning, student activities, reflection
Instructional Component Type(s): Problem-Solving Task
Resource Collection: Illustrative Mathematics

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