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Translations as vectors worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "translations as vectors" — DfE statement G24. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
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Translations as vectors worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.The point A(2, 5) is translated to the point B(7, 3). Write down the column vector that describes this translation.
- 2.A student says the reverse of the translation vector is . Write down the correct reverse translation vector.
- 3.A drone starts at the point (2, −3) on a coordinate grid. It flies by the vector and then by the vector . Write down the column vector that would take the drone straight back to its starting point.
- 4.A translation moves the point (1, 1) to the point (9, 4). Write down the column vector of this translation.
- 5.After a translation by the vector , a point lands on (4, 1). Write down the coordinates of the point before the translation.
- 6.Vector A is and vector B is . Write down how vector B compares to vector A.
- 7.A translation is described by the column vector . Write down the column vector of the translation that undoes it.
- 8.Quadrilateral ABCD has vertices A(1, 1), B(5, 1), C(5, 4) and D(1, 4). The quadrilateral is translated by the vector . Which of these points is NOT a vertex of the image?
- 9.A courier drone delivers a parcel. It starts at the point (2, 1) on a map grid measured in kilometres. It flies by the vector to a warehouse, then by the vector to the delivery address. Work out the coordinates of the delivery address.
- 10.The vector describes a translation. A student writes it as by mistake. Write down what error the student has made.
- 11.A drone starts at the point (3.5, −2) on a grid measured in metres. It flies by the vector to check a first sensor. The drone then needs to fly in a straight line to reach the point (−1.7, 9) to check a second sensor. Work out the column vector of this second flight.
- 12.The point M(3, 8) is translated by the vector . Write down the coordinates of the image of M.
- 13.A ship's radar shows a lighthouse at the point (12, −4) on a grid measured in nautical miles. The ship is at (2, 5). The ship sails along the vector that takes it directly to the lighthouse, then sails along that same vector again. Work out the ship's final position.
- 14.The point R(−6, 9) is translated by the vector . Write down the coordinates of the image of R.
- 15.Write down the column vector, from the options given, that would move a point to the right and downwards.
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