GCSE · Transformations

Translations & enlargementsExam-style questions

Column vectors as translations, enlargement by a positive, fractional or negative scale factor from a centre, finding the centre and scale factor from a picture, and why lengths scale but angles don't.

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1
The point $P$ has coordinates $(2, 3)$ . $P$ is translated by the vector $\begin{pmatrix} 3 \\ -1 \end{pmatrix}$ . Write down the coordinates of the image of $P$ .
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2
The diagram shows shape $F$ and shape $G$ .Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape $F$ onto shape $G$ .
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3
The diagram shows triangle $H$ and the point $C$ .(a) Enlarge triangle $H$ by scale factor $2$ , centre $C$ .

(b) Write down the coordinates of the image of the vertex $(4, 3)$ .
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4
Triangle $T$ has vertices $(1, 1)$ , $(3, 1)$ and $(1, 2)$ .

Triangle $T$ is translated by the vector $\begin{pmatrix} -4 \\ 3 \end{pmatrix}$ to give triangle $T'$ .

Write down the coordinates of the vertices of $T'$ .
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The diagram shows shape $A$ and shape $B$ on a coordinate grid.Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape $A$ onto shape $B$ .
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