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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 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.
- 2.Vector A is and vector B is . Write down how vector B compares to vector A.
- 3.A translation is described by the column vector . Write down the column vector of the translation that undoes it.
- 4.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?
- 5.After a translation by the vector , a point lands on (4, 1). Write down the coordinates of the point before the translation.
- 6.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.
- 7.A point is translated twice by the vector . Write down the single column vector that describes the overall translation.
- 8.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.
- 9.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.
- 10.A pin on a map is at grid reference (5, 2). It is moved by the vector . Write down its new grid reference.
- 11.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.
- 12.The point A(2, 5) is translated to the point B(7, 3). Write down the column vector that describes this translation.
- 13.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.
- 14.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 5 units to the left and 3 units down.
- 15.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.
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