Grade 8 Congruence Worksheet
This worksheet covers key concepts of congruence for 8th-grade geometry, including transformations and identifying congruent figures.
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Congruence in Geometry
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work where applicable.
1. Which of the following transformations results in a congruent figure?
Dilation
Reflection
Shear
Stretch
2. Two figures are congruent if they have the same and .
Size and orientation
Shape and color
Shape and size
Orientation and position
3. A rotation changes the size of a figure.
True
False
4. All squares are congruent.
True
False
5. A transformation that slides a figure without turning it is called a .
6. When two figures are congruent, their corresponding angles and corresponding sides are .
7. Describe the three rigid transformations that preserve congruence.
8. Plot the triangle with vertices A(1,1), B(3,1), and C(1,4) on the coordinate plane below. Then, reflect the triangle across the y-axis and label the new vertices A', B', C'.
9. Are the two triangles shown below congruent? Explain your reasoning.
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