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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 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.
- 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 that describes a translation of 4 units to the right and 4 units up.
- 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.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.
- 6.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.
- 7.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.
- 8.The point A(2, 5) is translated to the point B(7, 3). Write down the column vector that describes this translation.
- 9.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 5 units to the left and 3 units down.
- 10.After a translation by the vector , a point lands on (4, 1). Write down the coordinates of the point before the translation.
- 11.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.
- 12.A translation is described by the column vector . Write down a description of this translation in words, stating the horizontal and vertical movement.
- 13.The point M(3, 8) is translated by the vector . Write down the coordinates of the image of M.
- 14.A pin on a map is at grid reference (5, 2). It is moved by the vector . Write down its new grid reference.
- 15.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.
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