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