Draw and translate simple shapes on the full coordinate grid | Maths

Starter quiz

Match the quadrilateral to the correct name.
- Shape A
  
  ⇔
  
  kite ✓
- Shape B
  
  ⇔
  
  trapezium ✓
- Shape C
  
  ⇔
  
  rhombus ✓
Can a triangle and a square be congruent to each other?
- Yes, as long as their side lengths are the same.
- Yes, as long as they have the same area.
- No, if two shapes are congruent, they have to be the same shape as each other. ✓
What is 5 more than −3?
- '2' ✓
Match the coordinate to the quadrant where it can be found.
- Quadrant A
  
  ⇔
  
  (−1,2) ✓
- Quadrant B
  
  ⇔
  
  (1,2) ✓
- Quadrant C
  
  ⇔
  
  (−1,−2) ✓
- Quadrant D
  
  ⇔
  
  (1,−2) ✓
Select the correct notation for the coordinate marked on this grid.
- (−2,−1)
- (1,2)
- (−1,−2) ✓
- (1,−2)
Select the correct notation for the coordinate marked on this grid.
- (−2,−1)
- (1,2)
- (−1,−2)
- (1,−2) ✓

Exit quiz

Which of these could be classed as a translation?
- Enlarging the shape.
- Rotating the shape.
- Moving the shape to the left. ✓
- Moving the shape up. ✓
Describe the translation from Shape a to Shape b.
- 4 to the left
- 4 to the right ✓
- 4 down 2 to the left
- 2 to the right
Complete: Shape b has been translated ______ units to the left to become shape a.
- '2' ✓
Select the correct translation from shape a to shape b.
- 4 to the right, 4 down ✓
- 4 to the right, 4 up
- Diagonal 4
- 2 to the right, 2 down
Select the correct translation from shape b to shape a.
- 4 to the right, 3 down
- 4 to the right, 3 up ✓
- Diagonal 3
- 4 to the left, 3 down
A vertex has been plotted at (3,−2). It is then translated 3 units to the left and 5 units up. What are the coordinates of the translated vertex?
- (0,3) ✓
- (8,1)
- (6,−7)
- (−2,1)

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

To translate a shape is to move it in a horizontal or vertical direction or a combination of the two.
The translation will give a move in a horizontal direction first.
The vertical translation will be given second.
The shape remains the same size after it has been translated.

Common misconception

Pupils are taught to choose a vertex then count horizontally and / or vertically when translating that vertex. Pupils may forget which vertex they started with and end up translating the wrong vertex.

You may wish to consider asking pupils to mark the starting vertex with a small circle as a reminder of which one they started with.

Keywords

Translate - Translation is a type of transformation. Every point of a shape moves the same distance in the same direction.