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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.A shape is translated by the vector , and one vertex of the image is at the point (1, 6). The original shape is instead translated by the vector . Work out the coordinates of the image of that same vertex under this second translation.
- 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.Write down the column vector, from the options given, that would move a point to the right and downwards.
- 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.A drone starts at the point (3.5, −2) on a grid measured in metres. It flies by the vector to check a first sensor. The drone then needs to fly in a straight line to reach the point (−1.7, 9) to check a second sensor. Work out the column vector of this second flight.
- 6.Write down the column vector that describes a translation of 4 units to the right and 4 units up.
- 7.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.
- 8.A translation moves the point (1, 1) to the point (9, 4). Write down the column vector of this translation.
- 9.After a translation by the vector , a point lands on (4, 1). Write down the coordinates of the point before the translation.
- 10.The point R(−6, 9) is translated by the vector . Write down the coordinates of the image of R.
- 11.The vector describes a translation. A student writes it as by mistake. Write down what error the student has made.
- 12.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.
- 13.The column vector describes a translation. Write down the movement it represents.
- 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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