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Grade 8 Geometry Test TOTAL:

1. What is a tessellation?

2. Talia says that a regular pentagon can be used to create a tessellation because all sides
are equal. Is she correct? Explain your answer.

3. Draw an example of a tessellation below using TWO shapes. You may want to use a
scrap piece of paper to create a stencil. (Hint: make sure all sides are equal length)
4. Below is the same structure drawn in different views. Which view would you prefer to
use if you had to re-create it in 3D? Explain.

Top view Front view Side view

Cabinet drawing

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5. Draw the top, front, and side views of the cube structure below:

Top view Front view Side view

6. Using the scale 2:300, find the actual length when the model is the following:

a) 5 cm c) 0.5 cm

b) 10 cm d) 20 cm

7. Using the figure below, label all sides of the reproduced figure when it was scaled by a
factor of ¼.

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10 m

14 m 14 m

12 m
8. Translate each point (-18, 15). Show your work.

a) A(25,-5) B) C(-8,13)

9. Describe the translation from X(-9,-4) to X’(15,27). Explain your answer.

10. Draw each point. Then reflect each point on the y-axis:

a) A(15,-2) b) B(-12,8)

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16

12

4 8 12 16

-16 -12 -8 -4

-4

-8

-12

-16

11. Look at Triangle ABC below:

a) Translate Triangle ABC (2,5) and label it Triangle A’B’C’

b) Rotate Triangle A’B’C’ 270°CCW from the origin and label it Triangle
A’’B’’C’’
c) Dilate Triangle A’’B’’C’’ by a scale factor of 2 from the origin. Label this Triangle
A’’’B’’’C’’’

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-8 -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 8

B
C

-2

-4

-6

-8

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