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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 translation moves the point (1, 1) to the point (9, 4). Write down the column vector of this translation.
- 2.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.
- 3.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.
- 4.Write down the column vector, from the options given, that would move a point to the right and downwards.
- 5.The column vector describes a translation. Write down the movement it represents.
- 6.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.
- 7.The vector describes a translation. A student writes it as by mistake. Write down what error the student has made.
- 8.A translation is described by the column vector . Write down a description of this translation in words, stating the horizontal and vertical movement.
- 9.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.
- 10.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.
- 11.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 5 units to the left and 3 units down.
- 12.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.
- 13.A pin on a map is at grid reference (5, 2). It is moved by the vector . Write down its new grid reference.
- 14.Vector A is and vector B is . Write down how vector B compares to vector A.
- 15.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?
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