A Math Journey Around the Wonders of the World

A Math Journey Around the Wonders of the World — page 3
THE TAJ MAHAL Your next mission takes you to India to report on the Taj Mahal a beautiful burial structure that includes a reflecting pool Transformations are ways of moving geometric shapes They include reflection rotation and translation These three transformations do not change the size or angles of the shapes LEARN IT ABOUT TRANSFORMATIONS AND SYMMETRY MISSION 2 06 Reflections are made when shapes are flipped over a line showing what they would look like in a mirror Rotations are made when shapes are turned around a center point They can be turned by different amounts and in different directions Translations are made when you slide a shape without turning or reflecting it You can slide a shape horizontally vertically or diagonally The examples above show a quarter or 90 turn to the right