The skill taught is how to categorize triangles as similar, congruent, or neither based on their angles and sizes. Similar triangles have the same angles but different sizes, congruent triangles are identical in size and shape, and neither applies when angles differ.
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Let's describe these shapes as similar, congruent, or neither
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This triangle is congruent to the first triangle. It has the same size and angles even though it has been turned a bit.
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This triangle is similar to the first triangle. It has the same angles even though its size has increased and it has been turned a bit.
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This triangle is neither congruent nor similar to the first triangle. Its angles are different
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Describe shapes as similar, congruent, or neither
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