Uploaded November 2013 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago
This Math Shorts episode explains the term translation, and provides several examples that demonstrate the concept.
This video was made for the PBS Learning Media library, thanks to a generous grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was produced in collaboration with Utah Education Network.
Common Core State Standards:
CCSS.Math.Cont.8.G.A.2 ( Grade 8 ): Understand that a two-dimensional figure is congruent to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations; given two congruent figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the congruence between them.
This Math Shorts episode explains the term translation, and provides several examples that demonstrate the concept.
This video was made for the PBS Learning Media library, thanks to a generous grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was produced in collaboration with Utah Education Network.
Common Core State Standards:
CCSS.Math.Cont.8.G.A.2 ( Grade 8 ): Understand that a two-dimensional figure is congruent to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations; given two congruent figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the congruence between them.
