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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.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.
- 2.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 4 units to the right and 4 units up.
- 3.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.
- 4.Write down the column vector, from the options given, that would move a point to the right and downwards.
- 5.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.
- 6.After a translation by the vector , a point lands on (4, 1). Write down the coordinates of the point before the translation.
- 7.A student says the reverse of the translation vector is . Write down the correct reverse translation vector.
- 8.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.
- 9.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.
- 10.The point A(2, 5) is translated to the point B(7, 3). Write down the column vector that describes this translation.
- 11.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.
- 12.The vector describes a translation. A student writes it as by mistake. Write down what error the student has made.
- 13.A translation is described by the column vector . Write down a description of this translation in words, stating the horizontal and vertical movement.
- 14.The point M(3, 8) is translated by the vector . Write down the coordinates of the image of M.
- 15.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.
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