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Mathematics (Grade 8)

Geometry

Rigid Transformations

Introduction to Congruent figures
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Introduction to Congruent figures

Shapes can be identical even when in different positions or orientations. In math, this idea is called congruence. Understanding congruent figures hel

Video Duration: 1 minute and 18 seconds
Identifying Congruent Figures by Translation
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Identifying Congruent Figures by Translation

Shapes can move from one place to another without changing their size or shape. One common way is called translation, which means sliding a figure. Th

Video Duration: 1 minute and 21 seconds
Identifying Congruent Figures by Rotation
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Identifying Congruent Figures by Rotation

Shapes can be moved in different ways without changing their size or shape. One important way is rotation, which means turning a figure around a point

Video Duration: 1 minute and 28 seconds
Introduction to Translation
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Introduction to Translation

A translation is a movement that slides a figure from one position to another without changing its shape or size. It is one of the basic geometric tra

Video Duration: 1 minute and 6 seconds

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Angles in Polygons

Sum of interior angles of a triangle
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Sum of interior angles of a triangle

Have you ever noticed that no matter how a triangle looks, its angles always seem to “fit” perfectly together? This idea is called the angle sum prope

Video Duration: 1 minute and 28 seconds
Parallel Lines and Transversals
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Parallel Lines and Transversals

Parallel lines are lines that never cross, no matter how far they extend. A transversal is a line that crosses two or more lines. You can see parallel

Video Duration: 1 minute and 5 seconds
Finding Angle Measures
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Finding Angle Measures

Angles are everywhere! You can find them in buildings, road signs, sports fields, and even in the corners of your phone screen. Learning how to find a

Video Duration: 1 minute and 30 seconds
Identifying Angle Relationship
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Identifying Angle Relationship

Angles are everywhere! You can find them in road signs, building designs, sports fields, and even the corners of your classroom. Learning how angles a

Video Duration: 1 minute and 30 seconds

Pythagorean Theorem

Pythagorean theorem: Real life applications
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Pythagorean theorem: Real life applications

The Pythagorean Theorem helps us find distances in right triangles. It is especially useful in real life when measuring lengths that are not easy to m

Video Duration: 1 minute and 26 seconds
Pythagorean Theorem on Map
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Pythagorean Theorem on Map

The distance between two points on a coordinate plane can be found using the Pythagorean Theorem. This formula helps us find the shortest straight-lin

Video Duration: 1 minute and 31 seconds

Volumes of Cylinders, cones and Spheres

Finding the volume of a cylinder
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Finding the volume of a cylinder

Have you ever wondered how much water a can or a pipe can hold? That’s where the volume of a cylinder comes in. A cylinder is a 3D shape with two circ

Video Duration: 1 minute and 22 seconds

Non-Rigid Transformations

Identifying Dilations
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Identifying Dilations

A dilation is a transformation that changes the size of a figure while preserving its shape. The figure may become larger or smaller, but its overall

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Dilating a Figure by a Scale Factor More Than 1
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Dilating a Figure by a Scale Factor More Than 1

A dilation changes the size of a figure while keeping its shape the same. When the scale factor is greater than 1, the figure becomes larger. Dilation

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Dilating a Figure by a Scale Factor Less Than 1
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Dilating a Figure by a Scale Factor Less Than 1

A dilation changes the size of a figure while keeping its shape the same. When the scale factor is less than 1, the figure becomes smaller. Dilations

Video Duration: 1 minute and 20 seconds
Combining Dilation and Translation
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Combining Dilation and Translation

Have you ever zoomed in on a picture and then moved it to a new spot on your screen? In math, that is similar to combining a dilation and a translatio

Video Duration: 1 minute and 26 seconds