Draw polygons specified by translations | Maths | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Marking a vertex helps you track a translation. True or false?

True ✓
False
What translation is needed to move the polygon from A to B?

3 squares right and 4 squares down.

2 squares right and 3 squares down. ✓

2 squares left and 3 squares down.
Lucas wants to translate the polygon from A to B. Which translation is incorrect?

3 squares left. 3 squares up.

3 squares right. 3 squares up. ✓

3 squares up. 3 squares left.
Look at Sofia’s directions. Which image shows the correct translation? 3 squares right and 1 square down. What’s the new position?
Complete to the translation from A to B. ______ squares right. 2 squares down.

'3' ✓
Sofia says she has translated the polygon 4 squares right and 1 square down. Is she correct?

Yes

No ✓

Exit quiz

Jacob says ‘I’ve translated this polygon A to B using these directions: 4 squares left and 1 square up.’ Is he correct?

Yes

No ✓
Describe the translation of A to B.

4 squares right. 3 squares up. ✓

3 squares right. 3 squares up.

4 squares right. 4 squares up.
Describe the translation of A to B. The same number is in both instructions. ______ squares left. ___ squares down.

'5' ✓
Match the translations of the shapes to the instructions.

A to B

⇔

1 square left. 5 squares up. ✓

A to C

⇔

6 squares right. 4 squares up. ✓
Sofia is struggling to find the original positions of polygons after a translation What helpful tip can we give? ______ the directions.

'Reverse' ✓
Lucas translates a polygon 3 squares right and 2 squares down. The image shows the ending position. Describe the translation to get it back to its original position:

3 squares left. 2 squares up. ✓

3 squares right. 2 squares down.

4 squares left. 2 squares up.

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Key learning points

Up, down, right and left can be used to move objects on a grid.
Combine direction with a number of squares to give accurate directions.
The move can include a horizontal and a vertical direction.

Common misconception

Pupils might think that translating a shape changes its size, shape, or orientation, rather than just its position.

Clarify that translation only changes the position of the shape on the grid; the shape itself remains identical in size, shape, and orientation. Use visual examples to compare the shape before and after translation to reinforce this concept.

Keywords

Translate / translating - Sliding or moving a shape without rotating or flipping it means to translate.
Translation - Translation is a transformation in which every point of a shape moves the same distance in the same direction.
Horizontal - Horizontal is side to side, like the horizon.
Vertical - Vertical is an up-down direction or position.