Dilation
Translation
Reflection
Rotation
Random Math Trivia
100

A dilation is a transformation that changes an object's size, but not ___________.

Shape (or orientation)

100

True or false: a translation is a rigid motion

True

100

A reflection is also known as a ________.

Flip

100

True or false: the location of the center of rotation has no effect on the location of the image after a rotation has taken place

False

100

Where did Pythagoras invent the pythagorean theorem?

Greece

200

To dilate an object centered at the origin, multiply each coordinate of the pre-image by the _____________.

Scale factor

200

Point C(5,-2) is translated 3 units to the right. What are the coordinates of C'?

(8,-2)

200

If point R is reflected over the y-axis and has an x-coordinate of 3, what distance is R' from the y-axis?

3

200

If point V(-3,7) is rotated 180 degrees, the coordinates of V' are _______.

(3,-7)

200

The probability a fair coin flips heads is 1/2. You flip a fair coin 5 times and the results are as follows:

heads, heads, heads, heads, heads

What is the probability that the coin flips heads a 6th time?

1/2

300

AB has a length of 3 and A'B' has a length of 12. What is the scale factor?

4

300

If AB has a length of 7.3 and is translated 3 units left and 4 units down, what is the length of A'B'?

7.3

300

Triangle ABC is reflected over the x-axis. Which of the following statements are true about A'B'C'?

1. ABC and A'B'C' have the same orientation

2. A'B'C' and ABC have the same area

3. ABC has the same perimeter as A'B'C'

4. Triangle ABC is congruent to triangle A'B'C'

5. Angle B is congruent to Angle C'

2,3, and 4

300

If parallelogram VWXY is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise around the origin and V'W' has a slope of 1/2, what is the slope of X'Y'?

1/2

300

There are 52 cards in a deck (not including Jokers). What is the probability that you will pull a Heart from the deck?

1/4

400

Triangle XYZ has coordinates X(3,-2), Y(0,1), and Z(-2,6) and is dilated by a scale factor of 1/2. What are the coordinates of Z'?

(-1,3)

400

What is the translation rule of the following transformation? Write it in transformation rule form {(x,y) --> something}.

A(0,5)    A'(-4,7)

B(-3,1)     B'(-7,3)

C(-6,7)    C'(-10,9)

(x,y) --> (x - 4, y+2)

400
What are the coordinates of G'H'J' if GHJ is reflected over the line y = x?


G(-8,3)

H(-2,1)

J(1,1)

G'(3,-8)

H'(1,-2)

J'(1,1)

400

What are the coordinates of A'B'C' if ABC is rotated 90 degrees clockwise around the origin?

A(0,0)

B(2,5)

C(4,8)

A'(0,0)

B'(5,-2)

C'(8,-4)

400

The fibonacci sequence is as follows: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,...


What is the next number in the sequence?

21

500

Square ABCD has coordinates A(0,0), B(4,0), C(4,4), and D(0,4). If ABCD is dilated by a scale factor of 2, the area of square A'B'C'D' is ________ times the area of square ABCD.

Hint: Area = length * width

4

500

What are the coordinates of CBS if the coordinates of C'B'S' are C'(4,5), B'(-8,3), S'(4,-4) and the translation rule is (x,y) --> (x - 3, y - 2)?

C(7,7)

B(-5,5)

S(7,-2)

500

K(-3,4) is reflected over the y-axis, then reflected over the x-axis. What is K'?

Bonus (+100): What single transformation has the same result?

K'(3,-4)

Bonus: rotation 180 degrees

500

Point T(9,-5) is rotated 270 degrees counterclockwise around the origin and then reflected over the line y = x. What are the coordinates of T'?

T'(-9,-5)

500

Binary numbers are how computers mainly function. Here are the binary numbers for 0 through 10. What is 11 in binary?

0: 0000

1: 0001

2: 0010

3: 0011

4: 0100

5: 0101

6: 0110

7: 0111

8: 1000

9: 1001

10: 1010

1011