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GCSE (1 – 9)

Rotations

Instructions

• Use black ink or ball-point pen.

• Answer all Questions.
• Answer the Questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• You must show all your working out.

Information

• The marks for each Question are shown in brackets

– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each Question.

Advice

• Read each Question carefully before you start to answer it.

• Keep an eye on the time.
• Try to answer every Question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end

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 y
1
9

7
A
6

O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 x

Rotate triangle A 90° clockwise about (4,3).

(Total for question 1 is 2 marks)

y
2
6

4
B
3
A
2

1
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -5 O
-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-1

-2

-3

Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A on triangle B.

…..............……………………........……………………………………………….……………….….
(Total for question 2 is 2 marks)
 y
3 5

3
A
2

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

Rotate shape A 180° about (1, 0)

(Total for question 3 is 2 marks)
y
4 5

2
B
1

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1

-2

-3

-4
A

-5

Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A on triangle B.

…..............……………………........……………………………………………….……………….….
(Total for question 4 is 2 marks)
 y
5 5

3 A
2

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

Rotate shape A 180° about O.

(Total for question 5 is 2 marks)

y
6 5

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1

-2
A
-3

-4

-5

Rotate shape A 90° clockwise about centre O.

(Total for question 6 is 2 marks)

 y
7 5

3
A
2

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1
B
-2

-3

-4

Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A on triangle B.

…..............……………………........……………………………………………….……………….….
(Total for question 7 is 2 marks)
y
8 5

4 P
3

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1

Q -2

-3

-4

Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle P on triangle Q.

…..............……………………........……………………………………………….……………….….
(Total for question 8 is 2 marks)