Ardenne High School Mathematics Department

Geometry Transformation Worksheet

1) The diagram below shows a triangle, PQR and its

image PʹQʹRʹ.

a) Describe the rotation FULLY by stating

i) The centre
ii) The angle
iii) The direction
b) State TWO geometric relationships
between triangle LMN and its image,
triangle LʹMʹNʹ.
a) State the coordinates of P and Q 4) An answer sheet iS provided for this question
On the answer sheet provided ΔABC is mapped
b) Describe fully the transformation that maps
to ΔAʹBʹCʹ under a reflection.
triangle PQR onto triangle PʹQʹRʹ.
c) Write down the coordinates of the images of P a) Write down the equation of the mirror
line.
 3 
and Q under the translation T=   ΔAʹBʹCʹ is mapped onto ΔA″B″C″ by a rotation
 − 6 of 180° about the point (5, 4)
2)
b) Determine the coordinates of the vertices
a) Using a scale of 1 cm to 1 unit on each axis, of ΔA″B″C″
draw the triangle DEF with D (1, 1), E(3, 1) and
c) State the transformation that maps ΔABC
F(1, 4).
onto ΔA″B″C″.
b) Draw the image of triangle DEF after a
reflection in the line x = 4. Name the image 5) An answer sheet is provided for this question.
DʹEʹFʹ. The diagram on the answer sheet shows
c) Draw the image of Δ DʹEʹFʹ under the translation triangle LMN, and its image after an
 0  enlargement , triangle L'M'N'
  . Name the image D″E″F″. a) State the coordinates of the points L', M'
 − 5 and N'
d) Name the type of transformation that maps b) Find C, the centre of enlargement, by using
ΔDEF onto Δ D″E″F″. straight lines to join pairs of corresponding
vertices of the triangles. State the
coordinates of C.
3) The diagram below shows a triangle LMN and
c) What is the scale factor of enlargement?
its image LʹMʹNʹ after undergoing a rotation.
6) An answer sheet is provided for this question.
The answer sheet shows three triangles
labelled L, M and N. L is mapped onto M by a
translation.
1
  x i) Find and label on your answer sheet
a) State, in the form   , the vector which the point G, the centre of enlargement.
 
y
Show your method clearly.
represents the translation. (2 marks) ii) State the coordinates of G
b) L is mapped onto N by an enlargement c) State the scale factor of enlargement.

7) The diagram below shows a triangle JKL and its image JʹKʹLʹ after a transformation.

a) State the coordinates of the vertex, J, of triangle JKL.

b) State the length of the side KʹLʹ of triangle JʹKʹLʹ
 5 
c) State the coordinates of triangle J″K″L″, the image of triangle JKL under a translation by the vector  
 − 3
8) The diagram below shows triangle ABC has coordinates A(1, 2) B(4, 2) and C(1, 0).

a) Draw triangle AʹBʹCʹ, the image of triangle ABC, under an enlargement, with centre O and scale factor 2.
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 b) Triangle A″B″C″ is the image of triangle ABC, under a transformation, M. Describe fully, the transformation
M.

9) The diagram below shows triangle LMN and its image PQR after an enlargement.

a) Locate the centre of enlargement, clearly showing your method.

b) State the scale factor and the coordinates of the centre of the enlargement.
c) Draw and label triangle ABC with coordinates A(-4, 4) B(-1, 4) and C(-1, 2).
d) Describe fully the single transformation which maps triangle LMN onto triangle ABC.