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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.
Translations as vectors worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.The column vector describes a translation. Write down the movement it represents.
- 2.Rectangle ABCD has vertices A(−1, 2), B(4, 2), C(4, 5) and D(−1, 5). The rectangle is translated so that C moves to (0, −1). Write down the coordinates of the image of A.
- 3.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.
- 4.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.
- 5.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 5 units to the left and 3 units down.
- 6.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.
- 7.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.
- 8.A point is translated twice by the vector . Write down the single column vector that describes the overall translation.
- 9.A translation is described by the column vector . Write down a description of this translation in words, stating the horizontal and vertical movement.
- 10.A student says the reverse of the translation vector is . Write down the correct reverse translation vector.
- 11.The vector describes a translation. A student writes it as by mistake. Write down what error the student has made.
- 12.A translation moves the point (1, 1) to the point (9, 4). Write down the column vector of this translation.
- 13.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?
- 14.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.
- 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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