Lesson T4.5.1

T4.5.1 Translations, rotations and reflections Quiz: KS3 Maths, Unit 4

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. What transformation slides a shape without turning or flipping it?

    • Rotation
    • Translation
    • Enlargement
    • Reflection
  2. What is the resulting image of a shape after a reflection across a line?

    • Enlarged shape
    • Rotated copy
    • Translated duplicate
    • Mirror image
  3. Which three pieces of geometric information fully describe any rotation?

    • Axis, slope and point
    • Vector, angle and length
    • Scale, centre and radius
    • Centre, angle and direction
  4. A translation vector is (3, -2). What does this mean?

    • 3 up and 2 left
    • 2 right and 3 down
    • 3 right and 2 down
    • 3 left and 2 up
  5. The point (2, 5) is translated by the vector (-1, 3). What is its new position?

    • (1, 2)
    • (-1, 8)
    • (1, 8)
    • (3, 2)
  6. The point (3, 2) is reflected in the x-axis. What is its image?

    • (-3, 2)
    • (3, -2)
    • (-3, -2)
    • (2, 3)
  7. The point (4, 1) is reflected in the y-axis. What is its image?

    • (-4, 1)
    • (4, -1)
    • (-4, -1)
    • (1, 4)
  8. The point (1, 0) is rotated 90 degrees clockwise about the origin. What is its image?

    • (-1, 0)
    • (0, 1)
    • (1, 0)
    • (0, -1)
  9. The point (2, 3) is rotated 180 degrees about the origin. What is its image?

    • (3, 2)
    • (-2, -3)
    • (-3, 2)
    • (2, -3)
  10. The point (2, 5) is reflected in the line y = x. What is its image?

    • (2, -5)
    • (-5, 2)
    • (-2, -5)
    • (5, 2)
  11. Which transformation keeps the size and shape but reverses the orientation?

    • Translation
    • Rotation
    • Reflection
    • Enlargement
  12. When a shape is reflected in a mirror line, how does each point relate to the line?

    • Zero distance
    • Proportional distance
    • Equal perpendicular distance
    • Double the distance
  13. What is the order of rotational symmetry of a square?

    • 2
    • 4
    • 8
    • 1
  14. How many lines of symmetry does a rectangle that is not a square have?

    • 2
    • 1
    • 4
    • 0
  15. A shape is reflected in a vertical axis. How is the new position best described?

    • Shifted down
    • Enlarged
    • Reversed horizontally
    • Upside down
  16. A triangle has vertices (1, 1), (3, 1) and (1, 4). It is translated by (2, -1). What is the new image of (1, 4)?

    • (3, 3)
    • (3, 5)
    • (1, 3)
    • (-1, 3)
  17. The point (0, 4) is rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise about the origin. What is its image?

    • (4, 0)
    • (-4, 0)
    • (0, -4)
    • (0, 4)
  18. The point (-3, 4) is reflected in the x-axis. What is its image?

    • (-4, 3)
    • (3, -4)
    • (-3, -4)
    • (3, 4)
  19. Shape A is moved 5 units right and 1 unit down to form Shape B. What is the vector?

    • (-5, 1)
    • (5, -1)
    • (1, -5)
    • (5, 1)
  20. Reflecting a shape in the x-axis then the y-axis is equivalent to what single transformation?

    • reflection in x equals y
    • 180 degree rotation
    • 90 degree rotation
    • translation

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