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Edexcel GCSE Maths

Topic questions Geometry and measures Transformations

Transformations

48 questions · 108 marks · about 2 hours

Transformations questions

Edexcel 1MA1 Transformations 48 questions

Paper 1 June 2025 Higher tier, Question 9 4 marks

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B.

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Enlarge the triangle by scale factor fraction centre (–1, –3)

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Paper 1 November 2024 Foundation tier, Question 10 3 marks

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On the grid, reflect the shaded shape in the mirror line.

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Write down the equation of the mirror line.

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Paper 2 November 2024 Foundation tier, Question 18, also on the Higher paper 2 marks

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

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Paper 2 November 2024 Higher tier, Question 11, also on the Foundation paper 2 marks

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

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Paper 1 June 2024 Foundation tier, Question 19 2 marks

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

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Paper 1 June 2024 Higher tier, Question 11 3 marks

Also involves Vector arithmetic

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Triangle A is translated by the vector 64maths symbolmaths symbol to give triangle B. Triangle B is rotated 90° clockwise about the point (1, 2) to give triangle C. Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle C.

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Paper 3 June 2024 Foundation tier, Question 18 3 marks

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On the grid above, rotate the shaded shape 180maths symbol about (0, 0)

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Mike was asked to ‘Reflect shape A in the line with equation x = 3’ Mike’s answer is shown on the grid. His answer is wrong.

Explain why.

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Paper 3 June 2024 Higher tier, Question 12 2 marks

The diagram shows triangle T drawn on a grid.

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Enlarge triangle T by scale factor –2 with centre of enlargement (0, 0)

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Paper 1 November 2023 Foundation tier, Question 11 2 marks

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On the grid, draw an enlargement of the triangle with a scale factor of 3

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Paper 2 November 2023 Foundation tier, Question 21 2 marks

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

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Paper 3 November 2023 Higher tier, Question 18 3 marks

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Enlarge triangle P by scale factor –1 fraction with centre of enlargement (–2, –1) Label your image Q. Triangle P is transformed by a combined transformation of a rotation of 90° anticlockwise about the origin followed by a translation to give triangle R. Exactly one vertex of triangle P is invariant under the combined transformation.

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Find one possible column vector for the translation.

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Paper 2 June 2023 Foundation tier, Question 12 2 marks

Shape A is reflected in a mirror line to give shape B.

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On the grid, draw the mirror line.

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Alex is asked to reflect shape P in the x-axis. Here is the diagram Alex draws.

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Explain the mistake Alex has made.

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Paper 3 June 2023 Foundation tier, Question 16 2 marks

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B.

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Paper 3 June 2023 Higher tier, Question 16 2 marks

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On the grid, enlarge triangle T by scale factor –2 with centre of enlargement (–2, –2)

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Paper 1 November 2022 Foundation tier, Question 11 4 marks

Also involves Coordinates

Here are two triangles on a grid.

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Triangle B is an enlargement of triangle A.

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Write down the scale factor of the enlargement.

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On the grid, mark with a cross (maths symbol) the centre of enlargement. Here are two parallelograms on a coordinate grid.

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Parallelogram D is a reflection of parallelogram C.

On the grid, draw the mirror line.

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Write down an equation of this mirror line.

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Paper 1 November 2022 Higher tier, Question 11 2 marks

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape P onto shape Q.

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Paper 3 November 2022 Higher tier, Question 18 2 marks

Shape A is reflected in the line with equation x = 2 to give shape B. Shape B is reflected in the line with equation x = 6 to give shape C. Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape C.

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Paper 1 June 2022 Foundation tier, Question 3 1 mark

On the grid, reflect the shaded triangle in the mirror line.

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Paper 2 June 2022 Foundation tier, Question 22, also on the Higher paper 2 marks

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape S onto shape T.

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Paper 2 June 2022 Higher tier, Question 2, also on the Foundation paper 2 marks

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape S onto shape T.

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Paper 2 June 2022 Higher tier, Question 13 2 marks

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Enlarge the shaded shape by scale factor −2 with centre of enlargement (0, 0)

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Paper 3 November 2021 Foundation tier, Question 16 2 marks

Here is a diagram showing triangle ABC and triangle ADE.

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle ABC onto triangle ADE.

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Paper 2 November 2020 Foundation tier, Question 18, also on the Higher paper 2 marks

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

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Paper 2 November 2020 Higher tier, Question 15, also on the Foundation paper 2 marks

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

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Paper 3 November 2020 Higher tier, Question 11 4 marks

The diagram shows a triangle P on a grid.

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Triangle P is rotated 180° about (0, 0) to give triangle Q. Triangle Q is translated by 52maths symbolmaths symbol to give triangle R.

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle maths symbol P onto triangle R.

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Under the transformation that maps triangle P onto triangle R, the point A is invariant.

Write down the coordinates of point A.

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Paper 2 November 2019 Higher tier, Question 24 2 marks

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followed by a rotation.

Under the combined transformation, two vertices of the square ABCD are invariant.

Describe fully one possible rotation.

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Paper 1 June 2019 Foundation tier, Question 26, also on the Higher paper 3 marks

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Shape A can be transformed to shape B by a reflection in the x-axis followed by a

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Find the value of c and the value of d.

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Paper 1 June 2019 Higher tier, Question 5, also on the Foundation paper 3 marks

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Shape A can be transformed to shape B by a reflection in the x-axis followed by a

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Find the value of c and the value of d.

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Paper 3 June 2019 Higher tier, Question 8 2 marks

ABC is a right-angled triangle.

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Here is Sarah’s method to find the length of BC.

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= 100 BC = 10

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What mistake has Sarah made in her method?

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He draws triangle XYZ.

Explain why Roy’s diagram is not correct.

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Paper 2 November 2018 Foundation tier, Question 16 2 marks

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B.

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Paper 2 November 2018 Higher tier, Question 8 3 marks

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Triangle P is reflected in the line y = − x to give triangle Q. Triangle Q is reflected in the line x = − 1 to give triangle R.

Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle R to triangle P.

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Paper 3 November 2018 Foundation tier, Question 9 2 marks

The diagram shows five shapes on a centimetre grid.

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Write down the name of shape E.

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Two of the shapes are congruent.

Write down the letters of these two shapes.

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Paper 3 November 2018 Foundation tier, Question 10 1 mark

On the grid, reflect the shaded shape in the mirror line.

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Paper 3 November 2018 Higher tier, Question 20 2 marks

Also involves Coordinates

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Triangle A is transformed by the combined transformation of a rotation of 180° about the

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One point on triangle A is invariant under the combined transformation.

Find the coordinates of this point.

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Paper 1 June 2018 Higher tier, Question 7 2 marks

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Shape T is reflected in the line x = −1 to give shape R. Shape R is reflected in the line y = −2 to give shape S.

Describe the single transformation that will map shape T to shape S.

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Paper 2 June 2018 Foundation tier, Question 18 2 marks

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B.

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Paper 2 November 2017 Foundation tier, Question 20 2 marks

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Rotate trapezium T 180° about the origin. Label the new trapezium A.

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Paper 3 November 2017 Foundation tier, Question 14 2 marks

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B.

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Paper 2 June 2017 Higher tier, Question 9 3 marks

The diagram shows triangle A drawn on a grid.

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Kyle reflects triangle A in the x-axis to get triangle B. He then reflects triangle B in the line y = x to get triangle C.

Amy reflects triangle A in the line y = x to get triangle D. She is then going to reflect triangle D in the x-axis to get triangle E.

Amy says that triangle E should be in the same position as triangle C.

Is Amy correct? You must show how you get your answer.

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