At the start of this unit students learn about the difference between congruent and similar shapes. They use this knowledge to both perform and describe reflections, rotations, translations and enlargements on a grid. As learning progress they are challenged to describe a combination of transformations using the correct terminology.
This topics follows on from Properties of 2D Shapes and takes place in Year 10 Term 6.
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