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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.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 5 units to the left and 3 units down.
- 2.A point is translated twice by the vector . Write down the single column vector that describes the overall translation.
- 3.The point A(2, 5) is translated to the point B(7, 3). Write down the column vector that describes this translation.
- 4.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.
- 5.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.
- 6.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.
- 7.A shape is translated by the vector . The point P(6, 1) lies on the shape. Write down the coordinates of the image of P.
- 8.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 4 units to the right and 4 units up.
- 9.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.
- 10.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.
- 11.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.
- 12.Write down the column vector, from the options given, that would move a point to the right and downwards.
- 13.After a translation by the vector , a point lands on (4, 1). Write down the coordinates of the point before the translation.
- 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.The vector describes a translation. A student writes it as by mistake. Write down what error the student has made.
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