Transformations

Question 1

What is Transformation?

Answer 1

A way of changing the size, shape, position, or orientation of a figure on a plane or coordinate system.

Question 2

What are the different sorts of Transformation?

Answer 2

Rotation, translation, reflection, dilation, and shear.

Question 3

What is Rotation?

Answer 3

Turning a figure around at a fixed point.

Question 4

What is a Translation?

Answer 4

Moving a figure without changing its size, shape, or direction.

Question 5

What is Reflection?

Answer 5

Flipping a figure over like a mirror.

Question 6

What is Dilation?

Answer 6

Making a figure bigger or smaller by scale factor.

Question 7

What is Shear?

Answer 7

Sliding one side of a figure parallel to another figure.