Lesson 2 Practice Problems
1. Line is a line of symmetry for figure
. Noah says that
is congruent to because sides
and are corresponding.
a. Why is Noah’s congruence statement
incorrect?
b. Write a correct congruence
statement for the pentagons.
2. FIgure is the image
of figure after being rotated 90 degrees
counterclockwise about point . Draw a segment in
figure to create a quadrilateral. Draw the
image of the segment when rotated 90 degrees
counterclockwise about point .
Write a congruence statement for the quadrilateral you
created in figure and the image of the
quadrilateral in figure .
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3. Triangle is the image of triangle after a 180
degree rotation about point . Select all statements that
must be true.
A. Triangle is congruent to triangle .
B. Triangle is congruent to triangle .
C. Angle is congruent to angle .
D. Angle is congruent to angle .
E. Segment is congruent to segment .
F. Segment is congruent to segment .
4. When triangle is reflected across line , the
image is triangle . Why are segment and
segment congruent?
A. Congruent parts of congruent figures are corresponding.
B. Corresponding parts of congruent figures are congruent.
C. An isosceles triangle has a pair of congruent sides.
D. Segment is a perpendicular bisector of segment .
(From Unit 2, Lesson 1.)
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5. Elena needs to prove angles and
are congruent. Provide reasons to
support each of her statements.
a. Line is parallel to line .
b. Angles and are
congruent.
(From Unit 1, Lesson 20.)
6. Triangle is the image of isosceles triangle after a reflection across line
. Select all the statements that are a result of corresponding parts of congruent
triangles being congruent.
A. is a rectangle.
B. is a rhombus.
C. Diagonal bisects angles and .
D. Diagonal is perpendicular to side .
E. Angle is congruent to angle .
F. Angle is congruent to angle .
(From Unit 2, Lesson 1.)
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7. This design began from the construction
of a regular hexagon.
a. Draw 1 segment so the diagram has
another hexagon that is congruent to
hexagon .
b. Explain why the hexagons are
congruent.
(From Unit 1, Lesson 22.)
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