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Here are some specific activities, investigations or visual aids we have picked out. Click anywhere in the grey area to access the resource.

• Rotation Visual Aid A Geogebra manipulative that shows the effect of rotating an object with a moveable centre of rotation.
• Transformations Video A demonstration of the four basic transformations: reflection, translation, rotation and enlargement.
• Mixed Transformations A worksheet containing mixed transformations questions and a grid for drawing the solutions on.
• Alpha Twist Develop your skills and understanding of rotation in this fast-paced challenge.
• Transformations Draw transformations online and have them instantly checked. Includes reflections, translations, rotations and enlargements.

Here are some exam-style questions on this statement:

• "Shape A can be transformed to shape B by a reflection in the y-axis followed by a translation \( {c \choose d} \)

  Find the value of \(c\) and the value of \(d\)." ... more

• "The shape A is drawn on the coordinate grid as shown below." ... more
• "The diagram shows a red trapezium drawn on a grid." ... more

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Click on a topic below for suggested lesson Starters, resources and activities from Transum.

• Transformations A transformation in mathematics is an operation performed on a shape (or points) which changes the view of that shape (or points). This topic includes four transformations namely reflection, translation, rotations and enlargement. A reflection can best be described as the mirror image of a shape in a given line (which acts as the mirror). After reflection the shape remains the same size but the orientation is the mirror image of the original. The transformation known as a translation can be thought of as a movement or shift in position. The size and orientation of the shape remains the same but the position on the plane changes. A rotation can be described as turning. This transformation is defined by the angle of turning and the centre of rotation (the point which does not move during the turning). Finally enlargement is the term we use when a shape increases in size but maintains the same shape. The shape after enlargement is defines as being similar to the shape before enlargement. His use of the word similar has a precise mathematical meaning. All of the angles in the enlarged shape are the same as the angles in the original shape and the lengths of the sides are in the same proportion. An enlargement is defines by the scale factor of the enlargement and the centre of enlargement. We use the term enlargement even if the shape becomes smaller (a scale factor between minus one and one). A negative scale factor will produce an enlarged mirror image of the original shape.