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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how to translate shapes and describe translations using column vectors.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Choose the words that fill in the gap in ORDER best: We say a shape has been ___________ when every point in the shape moves by the same distance in the same ____________.
moved, place
transformed, place
Correct answer: translated, direction
translated, vector
Q2.
Select the word that best fills in the gap: We can use a _______ to describe the translation.
coordinate
direction
translator
Correct answer: vector
Q3.
Describe the following vector in words.
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A move of two units down and four units to the right.
A move of two units to the left and four units up.
Correct answer: A move of two units to the right and four units down.
A move of two units up and four units to the left.
Q4.
What is the vector that describes the movement of point B to point A?
An image in a quiz
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Correct answer: Option 4
Q5.
The rectangle below was translated so the new coordinate of B was (1, -1). What vector was the rectangle translated by?
An image in a quiz
Option 1
Correct answer: Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
Q6.
Use the image above.
An image in a quiz
(-4, 4)
Correct answer: (0,5)
(4, -1)
(5,0)