Illustrative Math Alignment: Grade 8 Unit 2
Dilations, Similarity, and Introducing Slope
Lesson 1: Projecting and Scaling
Use the following Media4Math resources with this Illustrative Math lesson.
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 46 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 46
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 47 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 47
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 48 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 48
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 49 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 49
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 5 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 5
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 50 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 50
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 51 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 51
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 52 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 52
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 53 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 53
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 54 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 54
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 55 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 55
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 56 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 56
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 6 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 6
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 7 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 7
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 8 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 8
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
Definition of Transformations |
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Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 9 | Math Example--Geometric Transformation--Transformations: Example 9
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric transformations. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 1 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 1TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example showcases a pentagon with all sides labeled as 5. It demonstrates a regular pentagon, characterized by five sides of equal length. This visual representation helps students understand the concept of regular polygons and their defining characteristics. The topic of polygon classification is crucial in geometry. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various types of pentagons, both regular and irregular. By examining different configurations of sides and angles, students can develop a deeper understanding of polygon properties and classification criteria. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 1 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 1TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example showcases a pentagon with all sides labeled as 5. It demonstrates a regular pentagon, characterized by five sides of equal length. This visual representation helps students understand the concept of regular polygons and their defining characteristics. The topic of polygon classification is crucial in geometry. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various types of pentagons, both regular and irregular. By examining different configurations of sides and angles, students can develop a deeper understanding of polygon properties and classification criteria. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 10 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 10TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example showcases a pentagon labeled with vertices A, B, C, D, E, where the angles are marked as 110°, 95°, 120°, 107°, and 108°. It demonstrates an irregular pentagon based on the variation in angle measures, highlighting that regularity depends on both side lengths and angle measures. Understanding polygon classification is essential in geometry as it helps students recognize and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples emphasizes the importance of both side lengths and angle measures in determining the regularity of pentagons. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 10 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 10TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example showcases a pentagon labeled with vertices A, B, C, D, E, where the angles are marked as 110°, 95°, 120°, 107°, and 108°. It demonstrates an irregular pentagon based on the variation in angle measures, highlighting that regularity depends on both side lengths and angle measures. Understanding polygon classification is essential in geometry as it helps students recognize and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples emphasizes the importance of both side lengths and angle measures in determining the regularity of pentagons. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 11 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 11TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example presents a pentagon labeled with vertices A, B, C, D, E, where the sides are marked with variables w, x, y, z, and v. It illustrates an irregular pentagon by using different variables to represent potentially different side lengths, emphasizing that side length variation results in irregularity. Polygon classification is a fundamental concept in geometry that helps students analyze and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various types of pentagons, highlighting the importance of side length equality in determining regularity. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 11 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 11TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example presents a pentagon labeled with vertices A, B, C, D, E, where the sides are marked with variables w, x, y, z, and v. It illustrates an irregular pentagon by using different variables to represent potentially different side lengths, emphasizing that side length variation results in irregularity. Polygon classification is a fundamental concept in geometry that helps students analyze and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various types of pentagons, highlighting the importance of side length equality in determining regularity. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 12 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 12TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example features a pentagon labeled with vertices A, B, C, D, E, where the angles are marked as 108°, x, y, z, and 107°. It demonstrates an irregular pentagon based on the variation in angle measures, highlighting that regularity depends on all angles being equal. Understanding polygon classification is essential in geometry as it helps students recognize and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples emphasizes the importance of angle measures in determining the regularity of pentagons, showing that even one different angle makes the polygon irregular. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 12 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 12TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example features a pentagon labeled with vertices A, B, C, D, E, where the angles are marked as 108°, x, y, z, and 107°. It demonstrates an irregular pentagon based on the variation in angle measures, highlighting that regularity depends on all angles being equal. Understanding polygon classification is essential in geometry as it helps students recognize and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples emphasizes the importance of angle measures in determining the regularity of pentagons, showing that even one different angle makes the polygon irregular. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 13 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 13TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example showcases a hexagon with all sides labeled as 5, indicating equal length. It demonstrates a regular hexagon, characterized by six sides of equal length. This visual representation helps students understand the concept of regular polygons and their defining characteristics. The topic of polygon classification is crucial in geometry. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various types of hexagons, both regular and irregular. By examining different configurations of sides and angles, students can develop a deeper understanding of polygon properties and classification criteria. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 13 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 13TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example showcases a hexagon with all sides labeled as 5, indicating equal length. It demonstrates a regular hexagon, characterized by six sides of equal length. This visual representation helps students understand the concept of regular polygons and their defining characteristics. The topic of polygon classification is crucial in geometry. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various types of hexagons, both regular and irregular. By examining different configurations of sides and angles, students can develop a deeper understanding of polygon properties and classification criteria. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 14 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 14TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example presents a hexagon with all sides labeled as x, indicating equal length. It illustrates another instance of a regular hexagon, reinforcing the concept that a regular polygon has all sides of equal length, even when represented by a variable. Polygon classification is a fundamental topic in geometry that helps students understand the properties and characteristics of different shapes. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive overview of various hexagon types, allowing students to distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on their side lengths and angle measures. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 14 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 14TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example presents a hexagon with all sides labeled as x, indicating equal length. It illustrates another instance of a regular hexagon, reinforcing the concept that a regular polygon has all sides of equal length, even when represented by a variable. Polygon classification is a fundamental topic in geometry that helps students understand the properties and characteristics of different shapes. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive overview of various hexagon types, allowing students to distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on their side lengths and angle measures. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 15 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 15TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example features a hexagon with sides labeled y, x, and 5, showing that x = y = 5, making all sides equal in length. It demonstrates a regular hexagon by using a combination of variables and numeric values to represent equal side lengths. Understanding polygon classification is crucial in geometry as it helps students recognize and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples highlights different ways to represent regular hexagons, emphasizing the importance of side length equality in classification. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 15 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 15TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example features a hexagon with sides labeled y, x, and 5, showing that x = y = 5, making all sides equal in length. It demonstrates a regular hexagon by using a combination of variables and numeric values to represent equal side lengths. Understanding polygon classification is crucial in geometry as it helps students recognize and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples highlights different ways to represent regular hexagons, emphasizing the importance of side length equality in classification. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 16 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 16TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example showcases a hexagon with all interior angles labeled as 120 degrees, indicating equal angles. It demonstrates that a regular hexagon can be identified not only by equal side lengths but also by equal angle measures, reinforcing the dual criteria for regularity in polygons. Polygon classification is a fundamental concept in geometry that helps students analyze and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various aspects of regular hexagons, emphasizing both side length and angle measure as defining characteristics. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 16 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 16TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example showcases a hexagon with all interior angles labeled as 120 degrees, indicating equal angles. It demonstrates that a regular hexagon can be identified not only by equal side lengths but also by equal angle measures, reinforcing the dual criteria for regularity in polygons. Polygon classification is a fundamental concept in geometry that helps students analyze and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various aspects of regular hexagons, emphasizing both side length and angle measure as defining characteristics. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 17 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 17TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example presents a hexagon with six equal sides labeled as x and equal angles, indicating a regular hexagon. It reinforces the concept of a regular polygon by visually representing both the equality of all sides and angles. Understanding polygon classification is essential in geometry as it helps students recognize and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples provides various representations of regular hexagons, emphasizing the importance of both side length and angle measure equality in classification. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 17 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 17TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example presents a hexagon with six equal sides labeled as x and equal angles, indicating a regular hexagon. It reinforces the concept of a regular polygon by visually representing both the equality of all sides and angles. Understanding polygon classification is essential in geometry as it helps students recognize and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples provides various representations of regular hexagons, emphasizing the importance of both side length and angle measure equality in classification. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 18 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 18TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example features a hexagon with two angles labeled as 120 degrees and sides labeled x and y, where x = y. It demonstrates how to determine if a hexagon is regular by solving for the unknown angle measures and confirming equal side lengths. Polygon classification is a crucial topic in geometry that helps students distinguish between regular and irregular shapes. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various types of hexagons, highlighting the importance of both angle measures and side lengths in determining regularity. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 18 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 18TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example features a hexagon with two angles labeled as 120 degrees and sides labeled x and y, where x = y. It demonstrates how to determine if a hexagon is regular by solving for the unknown angle measures and confirming equal side lengths. Polygon classification is a crucial topic in geometry that helps students distinguish between regular and irregular shapes. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various types of hexagons, highlighting the importance of both angle measures and side lengths in determining regularity. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 19 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 19TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example showcases a hexagon with sides labeled with varying lengths: AB = 6, BC = 4, CD = 6, DE = 3, EF = 6, and FA = 5. It demonstrates an irregular hexagon, emphasizing that side length variation results in irregularity. Understanding polygon classification is crucial in geometry as it helps students recognize and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples highlights the differences between regular and irregular hexagons, focusing on side length as a key determining factor. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 19 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 19TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example showcases a hexagon with sides labeled with varying lengths: AB = 6, BC = 4, CD = 6, DE = 3, EF = 6, and FA = 5. It demonstrates an irregular hexagon, emphasizing that side length variation results in irregularity. Understanding polygon classification is crucial in geometry as it helps students recognize and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples highlights the differences between regular and irregular hexagons, focusing on side length as a key determining factor. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 2 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 2TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example presents a pentagon with all sides labeled as x, indicating equal length. It illustrates another instance of a regular pentagon, reinforcing the concept that a regular polygon has all sides of equal length. Polygon classification is a fundamental topic in geometry that helps students understand the properties and characteristics of different shapes. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive overview of various pentagon types, allowing students to distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on their side lengths and angle measures. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 2 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 2TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example presents a pentagon with all sides labeled as x, indicating equal length. It illustrates another instance of a regular pentagon, reinforcing the concept that a regular polygon has all sides of equal length. Polygon classification is a fundamental topic in geometry that helps students understand the properties and characteristics of different shapes. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive overview of various pentagon types, allowing students to distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on their side lengths and angle measures. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 20 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 20TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example presents a hexagon with sides labeled as x, y, and z, indicating varying lengths. It illustrates another case of an irregular hexagon, demonstrating that the presence of different variables for side lengths suggests irregularity. Polygon classification is a fundamental concept in geometry that helps students analyze and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various types of hexagons, emphasizing the importance of side length equality in determining regularity. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 20 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 20TopicPolygons DescriptionThis example presents a hexagon with sides labeled as x, y, and z, indicating varying lengths. It illustrates another case of an irregular hexagon, demonstrating that the presence of different variables for side lengths suggests irregularity. Polygon classification is a fundamental concept in geometry that helps students analyze and categorize shapes based on their properties. This collection of examples provides a comprehensive look at various types of hexagons, emphasizing the importance of side length equality in determining regularity. |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 21 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 21
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric shapes. |
Definition of a Polygon |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 21 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 21
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric shapes. |
Definition of a Polygon |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 22 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 22
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric shapes. |
Definition of a Polygon |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 22 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 22
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric shapes. |
Definition of a Polygon |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 23 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 23
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric shapes. |
Definition of a Polygon |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 23 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 23
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric shapes. |
Definition of a Polygon |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 24 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 24
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric shapes. |
Definition of a Polygon |
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Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 24 | Math Example--Polygons--Polygon Classification: Example 24
This is part of a collection of math examples that focus on geometric shapes. |
Definition of a Polygon |
