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Math I

Build connected understanding across quantities, equations, functions, coordinate geometry, congruence, and data.

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G-CO.1 M1-034-A11-V01

Translate segment notation into words

Use precise definitions of angle, circle, perpendicular line, parallel line, and line segment from point/line/distance ideas.

Notation can be decoded by asking what the symbol says about extent before reading the letters. We’ll distinguish the bar-over-two-letters form from line and ray notation, then interpret the letters …

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G-CO.1 M1-034-A12-V01

Replace casual geometry language with precise definitions

Use precise definitions of angle, circle, perpendicular line, parallel line, and line segment from point/line/distance ideas.

Turning casual language into mathematics is a translation job: identify the objects, replace “touch” with an incidence fact, and replace “square corner” with a measurable angle condition. We’ll then connect …

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G-CO.12 M1-035-A04-V01

Find a midpoint using construction reasoning

Perform formal constructions with compass/straightedge, paper folding, string, reflective devices, or geometry software.

A construction’s auxiliary points are evidence, not automatically the requested point. We’ll use the equal-radius arcs to establish an equidistant locus, identify the line they determine, and then focus on …

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G-CO.12 M1-035-A09-V01

Determine whether side lengths can form a constructed triangle

Perform formal constructions with compass/straightedge, paper folding, string, reflective devices, or geometry software.

Triangle construction can be read as a circle-intersection problem. We’ll compare the longest length with the sum of the other two, translate that strictness into the relationship among center distance …

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G-CO.12 M1-035-A10-V01

Identify the next step in a construction sequence

Perform formal constructions with compass/straightedge, paper folding, string, reflective devices, or geometry software.

Construction sequences are governed by dependencies: completed arcs create points, and those points determine the next object. We’ll read what the equal-radius intersections guarantee, identify the line uniquely fixed by …

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G-CO.12 M1-035-A12-V01

Detect an invalid construction step

Perform formal constructions with compass/straightedge, paper folding, string, reflective devices, or geometry software.

Formal construction transfers exact relationships through tool invariants, not through measured approximations. We’ll diagnose which move loses exactness, preserve the original distance as a fixed compass opening, and track how …

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G-CO.12 M1-035-R01-V01

Transfer a segment length with a compass

Perform formal constructions with compass/straightedge, paper folding, string, reflective devices, or geometry software.

A compass copies a length by carrying the distance itself, so no numerical measurement or rounding is needed. We’ll separate the source segment from the target ray, preserve one compass …

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G-CO.12 M1-035-R03-V01

Construct a perpendicular bisector from equal-radius arcs

Perform formal constructions with compass/straightedge, paper folding, string, reflective devices, or geometry software.

The arcs are not decorative; their shared radius encodes equal distances from both segment endpoints. We’ll first ensure the radius is large enough to create two crossings, then use those …

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G-CO.12 M1-035-R05-V01

Construct an angle bisector with intersecting arcs

Perform formal constructions with compass/straightedge, paper folding, string, reflective devices, or geometry software.

An angle construction works by building symmetry that can be proved, not by eyeballing a halfway direction. We’ll follow the two preserved-radius steps, record the equal lengths each one creates, …

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G-CO.12 M1-035-R07-V01

Drop a perpendicular from a point to a line

Perform formal constructions with compass/straightedge, paper folding, string, reflective devices, or geometry software.

To control a line through an outside point, the construction first turns the target line into a chord with two named endpoints. We’ll create two points equidistant from that chord’s …

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G-CO.12 M1-035-R08-V01

Copy an angle with compass and straightedge

Perform formal constructions with compass/straightedge, paper folding, string, reflective devices, or geometry software.

Copying an angle means reproducing its geometry, and a radius alone does not record how wide the angle opens. We’ll transfer both the source arc radius and the chord between …

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G-CO.13 M1-036-A07-V01

Identify a regular polygon construction from its steps

Construct an equilateral triangle, square, and regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

A regular-polygon construction is best identified from how it spaces vertices around the center. We’ll count the diameter endpoints, translate their spacing into equal central turns, and use the equal-chord …

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G-CO.13 M1-036-A08-V01

Find the central angle of a regular polygon

Construct an equilateral triangle, square, and regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

The key distinction is where the angle’s vertex lies: at the polygon or at the circle’s center. We’ll count the equally spaced circle vertices, partition one full turn into that …

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G-CO.13 M1-036-A09-V01

Complete an inscribed polygon construction sequence

Construct an equilateral triangle, square, and regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

The next construction step should supply exactly the missing vertices, not jump ahead to connecting points. We’ll treat the existing diameter as one opposite pair, determine the quarter-turn locations required …

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G-CO.13 M1-036-A11-V01

Diagnose an error in a regular polygon construction

Construct an equilateral triangle, square, and regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

A regular construction depends on an invariant, so every repeated step should preserve the same geometric quantity. We’ll compare the successive chord steps with the circle’s radius, locate where equal …

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G-CO.13 M1-036-A12-V01

Compare inscribed regular polygons in the same circle

Construct an equilateral triangle, square, and regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

Equal circle radii make this a clean chord comparison: the only changing ingredient is the central angle subtended by one side. We’ll compute each polygon’s share of a full turn, …

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G-CO.13 M1-036-R01-V01

Construct an equilateral triangle on a segment

Construct an equilateral triangle, square, and regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

Two equal-radius circles turn one given length into two certified distances without measuring. We’ll use the base as the shared compass opening, interpret a common circle point through the radius …

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G-CO.13 M1-036-R02-V01

Construct an inscribed equilateral triangle from six radius steps

Construct an equilateral triangle, square, and regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

The six radius steps create a circular grid of equal central gaps, but the requested polygon uses only part of that grid. We’ll determine how many basic gaps each of …

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G-CO.13 M1-036-R04-V01

Construct an inscribed square with perpendicular diameters

Construct an equilateral triangle, square, and regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

An inscribed regular figure is controlled by vertex spacing before any sides are drawn. We’ll treat the given diameter as one opposite pair, construct the relationship that produces the second …

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G-CO.13 M1-036-R05-V01

Construct an inscribed regular hexagon by stepping the radius

Construct an equilateral triangle, square, and regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

Stepping a fixed compass opening around a circle links three facts at once: equal chords, equal central angles, and eventual closure. We’ll derive the angle created by one radius-length chord, …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A01-V01

Write a coordinate rule for a translation

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

A coordinate transformation rule should encode the same movement for every input point. We’ll translate the horizontal and vertical directions separately into signed coordinate changes, keep each displacement attached to …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A02-V01

Write a coordinate rule for reflection over the x-axis

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

A reflection rule comes from the mirror line’s geometry, not from memorizing a random sign change. We’ll identify which coordinate measures position along the axis and which measures signed perpendicular …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A03-V01

Write a coordinate rule for a 90 degree rotation

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

For a quarter-turn, the safest route is to track the coordinate directions themselves. We’ll follow where the positive horizontal and vertical unit vectors move, use those images to rebuild a …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A04-V01

Write a coordinate rule for dilation centered at the origin

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

A dilation scales the whole position vector from its center, so both coordinates must respond to the same factor. We’ll separate the signed coordinate rule from the nonnegative distance multiplier, …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A05-V01

Determine whether a transformation preserves distance

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

Distance preservation concerns the separation between two points, not how far either point travels during the transformation. We’ll apply the rule to a generic pair, subtract their image coordinates, and …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A06-V01

Determine whether a transformation preserves angle measure

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

Changing an angle’s location does not necessarily change its measure. We’ll represent its two sides by direction vectors from the vertex, apply the same coordinate map to all three defining …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A07-V01

Classify a transformation as rigid or non-rigid

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

Rigidity is decided by pairwise distances, not by whether the figure visibly moves or changes position. We’ll track a generic displacement vector through the coordinate rule, extract the segment-length scale …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A08-V01

Apply a transformation rule to every vertex of a polygon

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

A polygon transformation is just the same point function applied repeatedly, with labels and order preserved. We’ll handle each vertex independently, keep the horizontal and vertical changes attached to the …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A09-V01

Infer a coordinate transformation rule from point pairs

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

One point pair can suggest a rule, but the second pair is what tests whether the pattern is truly consistent. We’ll compute image-minus-source coordinate changes for both mappings, compare those …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A10-V01

Compare transformations by their effects on distances and angles

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

“Same shape” and “same size” are different claims, so we need separate tests for angles and distances. We’ll find the length multiplier and angle effect for each transformation, then organize …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A11-V01

Interpret transformation notation as a function on a point

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

Transformation notation behaves like ordinary function notation: one ordered pair is the input, and one ordered pair is the output. We’ll match each input coordinate to its own expression, evaluate …

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G-CO.2 M1-037-A12-V01

Correct an error in a transformed image point

Represent transformations as functions on points and compare distance/angle-preserving transformations with non-rigid transformations.

To diagnose a transformation error, return to the original point and write the direction rule before touching the arithmetic. We’ll translate the stated motion into a signed coordinate change, apply …

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G-CO.3 M1-038-A01-V01

Identify reflection symmetry lines for a rectangle or square

Describe rotations and reflections that carry rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, or regular polygons onto themselves.

A reflection axis must pair every point of the figure with another point of the same figure. We’ll start at the rectangle’s center, test the midlines that exchange equal halves, …

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G-CO.3 M1-038-A02-V01

Identify rotational symmetry angles

Describe rotations and reflections that carry rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, or regular polygons onto themselves.

Rotational symmetry means the entire outline returns to the same occupied positions, not merely that the figure remains congruent somewhere else. We’ll include the identity case, track what happens to …

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G-CO.3 M1-038-A03-V01

Distinguish rotational symmetry from reflection symmetry

Describe rotations and reflections that carry rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, or regular polygons onto themselves.

A symmetry has to return the whole figure to the same occupied outline, not merely produce a congruent copy somewhere else. We’ll test plausible fold lines by matching corresponding edges, …

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G-CO.3 M1-038-A04-V01

Recognize reflection symmetry in a trapezoid

Describe rotations and reflections that carry rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, or regular polygons onto themselves.

A reflection axis is a fold line that pairs the entire boundary with itself. Since the parallel bases have different lengths, a useful candidate must preserve each base while exchanging …

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