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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.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 4 units to the right and 4 units up.
- 2.A pin on a map is at grid reference (5, 2). It is moved by the vector . Write down its new grid reference.
- 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.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.
- 5.Vector A is and vector B is . Write down how vector B compares to vector A.
- 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 translation is described by the column vector . Write down a description of this translation in words, stating the horizontal and vertical movement.
- 8.A student says the reverse of the translation vector is . Write down the correct reverse translation vector.
- 9.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.
- 10.The vector describes a translation. A student writes it as by mistake. Write down what error the student has made.
- 11.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.
- 12.The point R(−6, 9) is translated by the vector . Write down the coordinates of the image of R.
- 13.Write down the column vector, from the options given, that would move a point to the right and downwards.
- 14.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.
- 15.The point A(2, 5) is translated to the point B(7, 3). Write down the column vector that describes this translation.
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