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Translations as vectors worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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Translations as vectors worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A shape is translated by the vector and then by the vector . Write down the single column vector that has the same effect as those two translations together.
- 2.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.
- 3.Write down the column vector, from the options given, that would move a point to the right and downwards.
- 4.A pin on a map is at grid reference (5, 2). It is moved by the vector . Write down its new grid reference.
- 5.A student says the reverse of the translation vector is . Write down the correct reverse translation vector.
- 6.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.
- 7.A translation is described by the column vector . Write down the column vector of the translation that undoes it.
- 8.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.
- 9.The column vector describes a translation. Write down the movement it represents.
- 10.Vector A is and vector B is . Write down how vector B compares to vector A.
- 11.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 4 units to the right and 4 units up.
- 12.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.
- 13.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.
- 14.A robotic arm's tip starts at the point (12.5, −4.25) on a grid measured in centimetres. It moves by the vector to pick up a component, then by the vector to place it. Work out the coordinates of the tip after both moves.
- 15.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 5 units to the left and 3 units down.
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