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Geometrical problems on coordinate axes worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "geometrical problems on coordinate axes" — DfE statement G11. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
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Geometrical problems on coordinate axes worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A vertical line passes through the point (5, 2). Write down the equation of this line.
- 2.A triangle has vertices A(1, 1), B(5, 1) and C(5, 4). Work out the lengths of AB, BC and CA, and write down whether triangle ABC is right-angled.
- 3.The point (2, 5) is translated 3 units right and 4 units down. Work out the coordinates of the image point.
- 4.A rectangle has vertices at (2, 1), (9, 1), (9, 5) and (2, 5). Work out the area of the rectangle.
- 5.The midpoint of the line segment AB is (3, 5). A is the point (1, 3). Work out the coordinates of B.
- 6.Triangle PQR has vertices P(0, 0), Q(9, 0) and R(0, 4). Work out the area of triangle PQR.
- 7.Triangle PQR has vertices P(0, 0), Q(6, 0) and R(0, 8). Work out the perimeter of the triangle.
- 8.The point A(3, 2) is translated by the vector (−5, 4) to give point B. Work out the coordinates of B.
- 9.Which pair of points lies on a horizontal line when the points are plotted on a coordinate grid?
- 10.Work out the distance between the points (−3, 4) and (5, −2).
- 11.Work out the distance between the point (0, 0) and the point (5, 12).
- 12.Work out the gradient of the line segment joining A(2, 3) and B(6, 11).
- 13.A path goes from A(1, 1) to B(1, 5), then from B to C(6, 5). Work out the total length of the path from A to C.
- 14.A(1, 2), B(5, 2) and C(5, 6) are three of the four vertices of a square ABCD. Work out the coordinates of D.
- 15.P is the point (3, 4) and Q is the point (6, 0). Work out the distance of each point from the origin, and write down which point is closer to the origin.
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