Transformations for

Elementary
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter111
/ch111a.html

Kelley Finley
Math for Teachers 1351
Summer Semester
 Transformations
Definition:
• Refers to specific ways to manipulate
the shape of a point
• The original image is the pre-image
• The basic types are:
• Translations
• Reflection
• Rotations
Translation
Definition:
• Simply just “moving” or a “slide”
• There object is not
• Resized
• Rotated
• Or anything else
• Every point on the object must move:
• The same distance
• The same direction
Translation Example:
Link: https://www.turtlediary.com/game/reflection-rotation-translation.html
Reflection
Definition:
• Think “flip”
• The image is being flip
• Each point of the image is the same
distance from the line as the original
image (pre-image) on the other side of
the line.
Reflection Example:
Link: https://www.mathplayground.com/reflect_and_rotate.html
Rotation
Definition:
• Making “turns”
• Has a central point that will not change
while everything else does.
• When rotating from a central point the
distance rom the center to any point on
the shape will stay the same.
Rotation Example:
Link: https://www.mathplayground.com/reflect_and_rotate.html
Transformations
Geometry