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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.A translation is described by the column vector . Write down a description of this translation in words, stating the horizontal and vertical movement.
- 3.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?
- 4.A translation moves the point (1, 1) to the point (9, 4). Write down the column vector of this translation.
- 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 student says the reverse of the translation vector is . Write down the correct reverse translation vector.
- 7.The point M(3, 8) is translated by the vector . Write down the coordinates of the image of M.
- 8.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.
- 9.The vector describes a translation. A student writes it as by mistake. Write down what error the student has made.
- 10.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 5 units to the left and 3 units down.
- 11.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 4 units to the right and 4 units up.
- 12.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.
- 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 translation is described by the column vector . Write down the column vector of the translation that undoes it.
- 15.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.
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