Interactive geometry worksheet teaching transformations: flips, slides, and turns.

Let's solve the "Flips, Slides and Turns" worksheet step by step. The goal is to perform three transformations on each shape: flip, slide, and turn.

We are given a starting shape with a dot (to track position/orientation), and we must apply:

1. Flip: Reflect the shape over a vertical dashed line (like a mirror image).
2. Slide: Move the shape horizontally or vertically without rotating it (translation).
3. Turn: Rotate the shape around its center (usually 90° or 180°).

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🔹 First Row (Already Done as Example)

- Shape: Rectangle with a dot in the bottom-right corner.
- Flip: Mirror image across the vertical line → dot now in bottom-left.
- Slide: Move the flipped rectangle to the right → same orientation, shifted.
- Turn: Rotate the slid rectangle 90° clockwise → becomes vertical.

This helps us understand the pattern.

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Now let’s go through each of the remaining rows one by one.

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🔹 Second Row: Right Triangle

Original:
```
/|
/ |
/__|
```
Dot at the top-right vertex.

#### ✔ Flip:
Reflect over the vertical dashed line → triangle flips left.
Now the dot is at the top-left vertex.
```
\|
\ |
\__|
```

#### ✔ Slide:
Move the flipped triangle to the right (same direction as example) → keep the same orientation, just shifted right.

#### ✔ Turn:
Rotate the slid triangle 90° clockwise → becomes pointing down or to the right? Let's see:
- Original: right-pointing triangle
- After flip: left-pointing
- After slide: still left-pointing
- After turn: rotate 90° clockwise → now points downward (or possibly bottom-right)

But since it's a triangle with a dot at the tip, after a 90° clockwise turn, the dot moves from the top-left to the bottom-left of the new orientation.

So final turned shape: downward-pointing triangle, dot at the bottom-left.

✔ Draw: A triangle pointing down, dot at the lower-left corner.

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🔹 Third Row: Parallelogram

Original:
```
____
/ \
/ \
/________\
```
Dot at the top-right corner.

#### ✔ Flip:
Reflect over vertical line → mirror image.
Now the dot is at the top-left corner.
The slanted sides reverse direction.

#### ✔ Slide:
Move the flipped parallelogram to the right → same shape, shifted right.

#### ✔ Turn:
Rotate 90° clockwise → the parallelogram will now be rotated so that the top side goes to the right.

After rotation, the dot (originally top-left) moves to the bottom-right of the new orientation.

✔ Final: Rotated 90° clockwise, dot at bottom-right.

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🔹 Fourth Row: C-shaped figure (with a dot)

Original:
```
o
| |
| |
|_|
```
A rounded rectangle with a missing piece on the left — like a "C" with a dot on the left side, near the top.

#### ✔ Flip:
Reflect over the vertical line → mirror image.
Now the dot is on the right side, near the top.

The "C" opens to the right instead of left.

#### ✔ Slide:
Move this flipped C-shape to the right → same orientation, shifted.

#### ✔ Turn:
Rotate 90° clockwise → the "C" now rotates so that it opens downward.

The dot, originally on the right side, now ends up at the bottom of the C (on the outer edge).

✔ Final: C opening downward, dot at the bottom.

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🔹 Fifth Row: Trapezoid

Original:
```
____
/ \
/ \
/________\
```
Dot at the bottom-left corner.

#### ✔ Flip:
Mirror over vertical line → dot now at bottom-right.
The trapezoid is mirrored: wider on the left now.

#### ✔ Slide:
Shift the flipped trapezoid to the right → same shape, moved.

#### ✔ Turn:
Rotate 90° clockwise → now the trapezoid stands upright on its short base, but rotated.

After rotation, the dot (originally bottom-right) moves to the top-left of the new orientation.

✔ Final: Rotated 90° clockwise, dot at top-left.

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🔹 Sixth Row: L-shaped figure

Original:
```
|____
| |
|____|
```
Dot at the bottom-left corner.

#### ✔ Flip:
Mirror over vertical line → the L-shape now opens to the right instead of left.
Dot moves to bottom-right.

#### ✔ Slide:
Move the flipped L-shape to the right → same orientation, shifted.

#### ✔ Turn:
Rotate 90° clockwise → the L-shape rotates so it now looks like a backward L or upside-down L?

Wait: original L is like a corner facing up-right.

After flip: facing up-left

After slide: same

After turn: rotate 90° clockwise → now it faces down-left?

Let’s think carefully.

Imagine the L-shape has:
- Vertical arm on the left
- Horizontal arm on the bottom

After flip: vertical arm on the right, horizontal arm on bottom → now open to the right

After turning 90° clockwise:
- The horizontal arm becomes vertical (going up)
- The vertical arm becomes horizontal (going right)

So the new L-shape is now pointing up-right, but rotated.

Wait: better way:

Start: L-shape with dot at bottom-left → after flip, dot at bottom-right.

After 90° clockwise rotation:
- The entire shape rotates → the dot moves from bottom-right to top-right of the new orientation.

And the shape becomes: vertical bar on the right, horizontal bar on top → like an L opening to the top-left.

✔ Final: L-shape rotated 90° clockwise, dot at top-right.

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✔ Summary of Answers:

| Shape | Flip | Slide | Turn |
|------|------|-------|------|
| Rectangle | Already done | → | ↻ |
| Triangle | Left-pointing triangle, dot at top-left | Shifted right | Down-pointing triangle, dot at bottom-left |
| Parallelogram | Mirror image, dot at top-left | Shifted right | Rotated 90° CW, dot at bottom-right |
| C-shape | C opens to right, dot on right | Shifted right | C opens downward, dot at bottom |
| Trapezoid | Mirrored, dot at bottom-right | Shifted right | Rotated 90° CW, dot at top-left |
| L-shape | Open to right, dot at bottom-right | Shifted right | Rotated 90° CW, dot at top-right |

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📌 Key Concepts:

- Flip: Reflection over a line (mirror image).
- Slide: Move without changing orientation.
- Turn: Rotation (usually 90° clockwise here).

Always follow the dot to track transformations!

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If you'd like, I can draw ASCII versions of each final answer for clarity!