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Transformations

42 questions · 183 marks · about 2.5 hours

Transformations questions

OCR J560 Transformations 42 questions

Paper 1 June 2025 Foundation tier, Question 3 2 marks

Reflect the trapezium in the mi rror line.

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Paper 2 June 2025 Foundation tier, Question 13 3 marks

Also involves Coordinates

The diagram shows rectangle A and rectangle B. Rectangle A has two labelled vertices at the points (2, 1) and (5, 9).

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Rectangle A is rotated 90° anticlockwise around the centre (5, 9) to form rectangle B.

Find the coordinates of the vertex marked P.

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Paper 3 June 2025 Foundation tier, Question 5 2 marks

Enlarge the shaded shape with scale factor 3 and centre of enlargement at point P.

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Paper 3 June 2025 Foundation tier, Question 17, also on the Higher paper 2 marks

Triangle T is drawn on a coordinate grid.

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Translate triangle T by vector maths symbol-32maths symbol.

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Paper 5 June 2025 Higher tier, Question 3 3 marks

Triangle A and triangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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

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Paper 6 June 2025 Higher tier, Question 2, also on the Foundation paper 2 marks

Also involves Vectors

Triangle T is drawn on a coordinate grid.

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Translate triangle T by vector maths symbol-32maths symbol.

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Paper 6 June 2025 Higher tier, Question 19 3 marks

Shape L is drawn on the grid.

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Enlarge shape L with scale factor - 2 and centre of enlargement at (- 1, 2).

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Paper 2 November 2024 Foundation tier, Question 11 5 marks

Triangle A is drawn on the grid below.

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(a)

Enlarge triangle A by scale factor 2 with centre of enlargement (0, 1).

Label the image B.

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(b)

Complete the description of the single transformation that maps triangle B back to triangle A.

Enlargement by scale factor........ with centre of enlargement........

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Paper 1 June 2024 Foundation tier, Question 17 3 marks

Triangle A is drawn on the grid below.

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Enlarge triangle A with scale factor fraction and centre of enlargement (0, 0).

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Paper 2 June 2024 Foundation tier, Question 3 4 marks

(a)

Reflect the triangle in the mirror line.

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(b)

Rotate the triangle 90° anticlockwise around the point P.

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Paper 5 June 2024 Higher tier, Question 19 3 marks

(a)

Describe fully the single transformation that is equivalent to:

• a rotation of 20° anticlockwise about the origin, followed by

• a rotation of 70° clockwise about the origin.

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(b)

The diagram shows the coordinates of the vertices of a rectangle.

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The rectangle is reflected in the line y = 4.

Write down the coordinates of the vertices of the rectangle that are invariant.

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Paper 2 November 2023 Foundation tier, Question 15, also on the Higher paper 2 marks

Triangle A and triangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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

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Paper 4 November 2023 Higher tier, Question 13 6 marks

Triangle T and triangle A are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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(a)

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

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(b)

Describe fully the single transformation that is equivalent to:

• a rotation of 90° clockwise about centre (0,0), followed by

• a reflection in the y-axis.

You may use the grid above to help you.

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Paper 5 November 2023 Higher tier, Question 6, also on the Foundation paper 2 marks

Triangle A and triangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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

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Paper 1 June 2023 Foundation tier, Question 18 6 marks

Triangle T is drawn on a coordinate grid.

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(a)

Triangle A is translated by fraction to give triangle T.

Draw and label triangle A on the grid.

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(b)

Triangle T is rotated through 90° anticlockwise about (0, 0) to give triangle B.

Draw and label triangle B on the grid.

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(c)

Triangle T is reflected in the line y =-1 to give triangle C.

Draw and label triangle C on the grid.

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Paper 4 June 2023 Higher tier, Question 11 3 marks

You may use this coordinate grid to help you answer the following question.

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Describe fully the single transformation that is equivalent to:

• a rotation of 180° with centre (0, 1), followed by

• a translation of fraction.

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Paper 3 November 2022 Foundation tier, Question 19 3 marks

Triangle A and triangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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

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Paper 6 November 2022 Higher tier, Question 1 4 marks

Shape A and shape B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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(a)

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

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(b)

Reflect shape A in the line x = - 1.

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Paper 2 June 2022 Foundation tier, Question 14 6 marks

Rectangle A and rectangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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Describe fully two different single transformations that map rectangle A onto rectangle B.

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Paper 5 June 2022 Higher tier, Question 10 7 marks

(a)

Enlarge triangle A with scale factor 1.5 and centre of enlargement (- 8, 0).

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(b)

Triangle A and triangle B are shown on the coordinate grid below.

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Triangle A is mapped onto triangle B using a combination of two transformations:

• a transformation T, followed by

• a reflection in the x-axis.

Describe fully transformation T.

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Paper 3 November 2021 Foundation tier, Question 16, also on the Higher paper 5 marks

Triangle A and triangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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(a)

Reflect triangle A in the line x = 0.

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(b)

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

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Paper 6 November 2021 Higher tier, Question 4, also on the Foundation paper 5 marks

Triangle A and triangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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(a)

Reflect triangle A in the line x = 0.

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(b)

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

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Paper 1 November 2020 Foundation tier, Question 2 4 marks

(a)

Reflect the triangle in the mirror line.

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(b)

Rotate the triangle 90° clockwise about the point P.

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Paper 2 November 2020 Foundation tier, Question 20 5 marks

Also involves Coordinates

A pattern is made from four congruent right-angled triangles.

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The line AC is parallel to the x-axis. The point A has coordinates (4, 9) and the point B has coordinates (17, 12).

Work out the coordinates of point C and point D.

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Paper 4 November 2020 Higher tier, Question 12 5 marks

Triangle T is drawn on a coordinate grid.

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(a)

Translate triangle T by vector fraction.

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(b)

Describe fully the single transformation that is equivalent to:

• a reflection in the line y = x, followed by

• a reflection in the x-axis.

You may use the grid above to help you.

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Paper 3 November 2019 Foundation tier, Question 8 4 marks

(a)

Shape G is drawn on the grid.

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Rotate shape G by 180° about the point A.

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(b)

Shape H is drawn on the grid.

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Enlarge shape H with scale factor 2 and the centre of enlargement at point B.

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Paper 5 November 2019 Higher tier, Question 15 5 marks

You may use this coordinate grid to help you answer the following questions.

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Describe fully the single transformation that is equivalent to

(a)

a translation of fraction followed by a translation of fraction,

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(b)

a reflection in the line y = x followed by a rotation of 90° clockwise around (0, 0).

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Paper 6 November 2019 Higher tier, Question 17 6 marks

Also involves Coordinates

A triangle has vertices A, B and C.

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The triangle is enlarged with scale factor f and centre of enlargement E.

Vertex A maps to (6, 7). Vertex B maps to (2, 9).

(a)

Find the coordinates of the centre of enlargement, E.

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(b)

Find the scale factor, f.

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(c)

Vertex C maps to the point R. Find the coordinates of R.

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Paper 1 June 2019 Foundation tier, Question 11 7 marks

Triangles A and B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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(a)

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

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(b)(i)

On the grid, reflect triangle A in the line x = 0.

Label the image C.

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(b)(ii)

On the grid, translate triangle A by vector fraction.

Label the image D.

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Paper 2 June 2019 Foundation tier, Question 14 6 marks

Triangle A is drawn on the grid below.

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(a)

Enlarge triangle A with scale factor 3 from the centre of enlargement P.

Label the image B.

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(b)

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

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Paper 4 June 2019 Higher tier, Question 8 6 marks

Triangle A and triangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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(a)

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

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(b)

Describe fully the single transformation that is equivalent to:

• a reflection in the line x = 3, followed by

• a translation by fraction.

You may use the grid above to help you.

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Paper 1 November 2018 Foundation tier, Question 10 3 marks

Triangle A is drawn on the grid below.

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Enlarge triangle A with scale factor 2 and centre of enlargement (0, 0).

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Paper 2 November 2018 Foundation tier, Question 19, also on the Higher paper 7 marks

Triangle A and triangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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(a)(i)

Draw the image of triangle A after a rotation of 180 ° about (0, 0).

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(a)(ii)

Draw the image of triangle A after a translation by the vector fraction.

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(b)

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

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Paper 5 November 2018 Higher tier, Question 10, also on the Foundation paper 7 marks

Triangle A and triangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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(a)(i)

Draw the image of triangle A after a rotation of 180 ° about (0, 0).

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(a)(ii)

Draw the image of triangle A after a translation by the vector fraction.

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(b)

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

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Paper 1 June 2018 Foundation tier, Question 8 4 marks

Triangle T is drawn on a coordinate grid.

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(a)

Rotate triangle T through 180º about (0, 0).

Label your image A.

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(b)

Reflect triangle T in the line x = - 1.

Label your image B.

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Paper 1 June 2018 Foundation tier, Question 9 3 marks

Two shapes are drawn on the grid below.

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

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Paper 4 June 2018 Higher tier, Question 6 6 marks

Triangles A and B are drawn on a coordinate grid.

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(a)

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

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(b)

Triangle A can also be mapped onto triangle B using a combination of two transformations:

• a transformation T, followed by

• a reflection in the line x = 0.

Describe fully transformation T.

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Paper 1 November 2017 Foundation tier, Question 9 3 marks

Shape A is drawn on the grid below.

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Question 9, shown as an image

Enlarge shape A with scale factor 3 and centre of enlargement (0, 0).

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Paper 5 November 2017 Higher tier, Question 5 7 marks

Here is a coordinate grid.

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(a)

Draw the image of triangle A after a reflection in the line y =–1.

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(b)

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

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(c)

Complete this statement.

A rotation of 180° around (0, 0) has the same effect as an enlargement by

scale factor........ with centre of enlargement (........,........).

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Paper 3 June 2017 Foundation tier, Question 14 5 marks

Triangle A and triangle B are drawn on the coordinate grid.

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(a)

Translate triangle A by vector fraction.

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(b)

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

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Paper 4 June 2017 Higher tier, Question 11 7 marks

Triangle T is drawn on a coordinate grid.

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(a)

Translate triangle T using the vector fraction.

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(b)

Describe fully the single transformation that represents the following.

(b)(i)

A rotation with centre (0, 0) of 180° followed by a rotation with centre (0, 0) of 90° clockwise.

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(b)(ii)

A reflection in the x-axis followed by a reflection in the y-axis.

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