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Transformations Worksheet

Transformations Worksheet

Help your students prepare for their Maths GCSE with this free transformation worksheet of 32 questions and answers

  • Section 1 of the transformation worksheet contains 24 skills-based transformation questions, in 3 groups to support differentiation
  • Section 2 contains 4 applied transformation questions with a mix of worded problems and deeper problem solving questions
  • Section 3 contains 4 foundation and higher level GCSE exam style transformation questions 
  • Answers and a mark scheme for all transformation questions are provided
  • Questions follow variation theory with plenty of opportunities for students to work independently at their own level
  • All questions created by fully qualified expert secondary maths teachers
  • Suitable for GCSE maths revision for AQA, OCR and Edexcel exam boards

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Transformation at a glance

 

A transformation is something which changes the position or size of an object. There are four types of transformation, reflection, rotation, translation and enlargement. 

 

Reflections use a mirror line and result in the shape being flipped. In order to describe a reflection we need to describe or give the equation of the mirror line. Common lines used as a mirror line are the x axis, the y axis and the line y=x. 

 

Rotations involve turning a shape around a point. When rotating shapes we need to know the centre of rotation (given as a coordinate), angle of rotation (given in degrees) and direction of rotation (either clockwise or anticlockwise). It is helpful to use tracing paper when doing rotations. 

 

Translations involve moving a shape to a different position without changing its size or orientation. Translations are described by a vector, which tells us how many units up/down and left/right to move the shape. 

 

Enlargement involves making a shape bigger or smaller. Enlargements are often done from a centre of enlargement and the scale factor tells us how many times bigger the shape will become. When a scale factor is greater than one the shape becomes bigger, when a scale factor is between 0 and 1 the shape gets smaller and when the scale factor is negative the shape is flipped.

 

Looking forward, students can then progress to additional geometry worksheets, for example a 3D shapes worksheet or an area of compound shapes worksheet.

 

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