IGCSE Cambridge (CIE) Maths 3 hours 21 questions
Exam Questions
Transformations
Translations / Reflections / Rotations / Enlargements
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Medium (8 questions) /68
Hard (8 questions) /74
Total Marks /152
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Easy Questions
1 Reflect the shape in line L .
(2 marks)
2 Reflect the below shape in the line AB .
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(2 marks)
Draw the enlargement of the triangle by scale factor 3, centre X .
(2 marks)
4 Shape A is shown on the grid.
[2]
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On the grid, enlarge shape A by scale factor 3.
(2 marks)
5 Enlarge the rectangle using a scale factor of 3 and centre of enlargement O .
[2]
(2 marks)
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Medium Questions
1 (a)
Describe fully the single transformation that maps
i) triangle A onto triangle B ,
[3]
ii) triangle A onto triangle C ,
[2]
iii) triangle A onto triangle D .
[3]
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(8 marks)
(b) On the grid, draw the image of triangle A after a reflection in the line x = − 2 .
(2 marks)
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2 (a) The grid shows a point E and four quadrilaterals, A , B , C and D .
Describe fully the single transformation that maps
i) shape A onto shape B ,
[2]
ii) shape A onto shape C,
[2]
iii) shape A onto shape D .
[3]
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(6 marks)
(b) i) Write down the coordinates of the point E .
[1]
ii) On the grid, draw the image of shape A after an enlargement by scale factor 3, centre E .
[2]
(3 marks)
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3 (a)
Describe fully the single transformation that maps
i) triangle A onto triangle B ,
[3]
ii) triangle A onto triangle C ,
[2]
iii) triangle A onto triangle D .
[3]
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(8 marks)
(b) On the grid, draw the image of triangle A after a reflection in the line y = − 1.
(2 marks)
Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B .
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(3 marks)
5 (a)
The diagram shows four shapes A , B , C and D .
Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto
i) shape B ,
[3]
ii) shape C,
[2]
iii) shape D .
[3]
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(8 marks)
⎛⎜ −3 ⎞⎟
(b) On the grid, draw the image of shape A after a translation by the vector ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟
⎝ 2 ⎠
(2 marks)
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6 The diagram shows two triangles, A and B , and two points P and Q .
i) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B.
[3]
⎛⎜ 4 ⎞⎟
ii)On the grid, draw the image of triangle A after a translation by the vector ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟
⎝ −2 ⎠
[2]
iii) On the grid, draw the image of triangle A after a rotation through 90° clockwise about
(0, 0).
[2]
(7 marks)
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7 (a)
Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B .
(2 marks)
(b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle C.
(3 marks)
⎛⎜ −2 ⎞⎟
(c) On the grid, draw the image of triangle A after a translation by the vector ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟
⎝ −3 ⎠
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(2 marks)
(d) On the grid, draw the image of triangle A after a rotation of 180° about (2, 1).
(2 marks)
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8 (a)
Describe fully the single transformation that maps
i) shape A onto shape B ,
[3]
ii) shape B onto shape C ,
[2]
iii) shape C onto shape D .
[3]
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(8 marks)
(b) On the grid, draw the image of shape D after a reflection in the line x = − 1 .
(2 marks)
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Hard Questions
1 (a)
Describe fully the single transformation that maps
i) triangle A onto triangle B ,
[3]
ii) triangle A onto triangle C ,
[2]
iii) triangle A onto triangle D .
[2]
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(7 marks)
(b) On the grid, enlarge triangle A by scale factor 0.5, centre (4, 0).
(2 marks)
On the grid, draw the image of
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⎛⎜ 3 ⎞⎟
ia) triangle A after a translation by the vector ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ ,
⎝ −7 ⎠
[2]
ib) triangle A after a reflection in the line x = 3.
[2]
ii) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B .
[3]
iii) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle C.
[3]
(10 marks)
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3
On the grid, draw the image of
1
ia) shape A after an enlargement with scale factor 2 , centre ( 3 , -5 )
[2]
ib) shape B after a reflection in the line y = − 3 .
[2]
ii) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle C onto triangle D .
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[3]
(7 marks)
4 (a) Triangles A , B and C are shown on the grid.
Describe fully the single transformation that maps
i) triangle A onto triangle B ,
[3]
ii) triangle A onto triangle C .
[3]
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(6 marks)
(b) On the grid,
⎛⎜ 6 ⎞⎟
i) translate triangle A by the vector ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ ,
⎝ −2 ⎠
[2]
ii) reflect triangle A in the line y = 1.
[2]
(4 marks)
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5 (a)
Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B .
(3 marks)
(b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape C .
(3 marks)
⎛⎜ 3 ⎞⎟
(c) On the grid, draw the image of shape A after a translation by the vector ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ .
⎝1 ⎠
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(3 marks)
(d) On the grid, draw the image of shape B after a reflection in the line y = 1 .
(2 marks)
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6 (a) The diagram shows four shapes A , B , C and D and a point P on a 1cm2 grid.
Find
i) the perimeter of shape A ,
............................................... cm [1]
ii) the area of shape A .
..............................................cm2 [1]
(2 marks)
(b) i) Write down the co-ordinates of point P.
[1]
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Find the co-ordinates of the image of point P when
iia) P is reflected in the y -axis,
[1]
iib) P is reflected in the line y = 6.
[2]
iii) Find the vector that translates point P to the point ( 49, -12).
[2]
(6 marks)
(c) Describe fully the single transformation that maps
i) shape A onto shape B ,
[3]
ii) shape C onto shape D .
[3]
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(6 marks)
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7 (a)
Describe fully the single transformation that maps the shaded quadrilateral onto
i) quadrilateral A ,
[2]
ii) quadrilateral B .
[3]
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(5 marks)
(b) On the grid,
i) reflect the shaded quadrilateral in the line x = 1,
[2]
1
ii) enlarge the shaded quadrilateral by scale factor , centre ( − 1, 0) .
2
[2]
(4 marks)
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8 (a)
On the grid,
(i) reflect rectangle A in the line y = − 1 and label the shape B,
[1]
(ii) rotate shape B anticlockwise by 90° about (1, 1) and label the shape C.
[1]
(2 marks)
(b) Describe a different transformation, which is not a rotation, which transforms shape B to
shape C .
(2 marks)
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