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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.Vertex X of a triangle is at (−3, 5). After a translation, the image of X is at (2, −1). Write down the column vector of this translation.
- 2.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.
- 3.A crane's hook starts at the point (3.4, 9.5) on a construction site plan measured in metres. It moves along the vector to pick up a beam, then along the vector to place it. Work out the single column vector that describes the hook's overall movement from its start position to where it places the beam.
- 4.Write down the column vector, from the options given, that would move a point to the right and downwards.
- 5.A translation is described by the column vector . Write down the column vector of the translation that undoes it.
- 6.Vector A is and vector B is . Write down how vector B compares to vector A.
- 7.The vector describes a translation. A student writes it as by mistake. Write down what error the student has made.
- 8.A shape is translated by the vector , and one vertex of the image is at the point (1, 6). The original shape is instead translated by the vector . Work out the coordinates of the image of that same vertex under this second translation.
- 9.The point R(−6, 9) is translated by the vector . Write down the coordinates of the image of R.
- 10.A translation is described by the column vector . Write down a description of this translation in words, stating the horizontal and vertical movement.
- 11.Rectangle ABCD has vertices A(−1, 2), B(4, 2), C(4, 5) and D(−1, 5). The rectangle is translated so that C moves to (0, −1). Write down the coordinates of the image of A.
- 12.A pin on a map is at grid reference (5, 2). It is moved by the vector . Write down its new grid reference.
- 13.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 5 units to the left and 3 units down.
- 14.In a phone game, a character starts at the point (−5, 2) on a grid. It moves by the vector to collect a coin. The player now wants the character's next single move to finish at the point (3, 0). Write down the column vector of that second move.
- 15.A robot on a grid moves by the vector , then by the vector , then by the vector . Write down the single column vector that has the same overall effect as these three moves.
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