CSEC Math Question – Transformation

January 2015
5. The diagram below shows △ 𝐿𝑀𝑁 and its image △ 𝑃𝑄𝑅 after a
transformation.

(i) Write down the coordinates of 𝑁.

(ii) On the grid above, draw △ 𝐹𝐺𝐻, the reflection of △ 𝐿𝑀𝑁 in the 𝑦 −
𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠.
June 2015
(b) The diagram below shows triangle 𝑃𝑄𝑅 and its image, triangle 𝑃’𝑄’𝑅’,
after an enlargement centered at the point 𝐶 on the diagram.

Use the information from the diagram to complete the statements below.
(i) The size of the scale factor is ________.
(ii) The scale factor is negative because ________________________.
(iii) The length of 𝑃𝑄 is √13 units, therefore the length of 𝑃’𝑄’ is ______.
(iv) The area of triangle 𝑃𝑄𝑅 is ________ square units.
(v) The area of 𝑃’𝑄’𝑅’ is _______ times the area of triagle 𝑃𝑄𝑅 which is
______ square units.

January 2016
(b) The graph below shows triangle ABC and its image A’B’C’ after
undergoing a single transformation.
(i) Write down the coordinates of the vertices of △ 𝐴𝐵𝐶.
(ii) Write down the coordinates of the vertices of △ 𝐴′𝐵′𝐶′.
(iii) Describe FULLY the transformation that maps triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 onto
triangle 𝐴′𝐵′𝐶′.
(iv) On the graph on page 16, draw the line 𝑥 = 1 AND triangle 𝐴’’𝐵’’𝐶’’,
the image triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 after a reflection in the line 𝑥 = 1.
(v) State ONE geometrical relationship among △ 𝐴𝐵𝐶, △ 𝐴′𝐵′𝐶′ and △
𝐴′′𝐵′′𝐶′′.
June 2016
(b) The diagram below shows a triangle 𝑅𝑆𝑇 and its image 𝑅’𝑆’𝑇’ after a
transformation.
(i) Describe FULLY the transformation which maps 𝑅𝑆𝑇 onto 𝑅’𝑆’𝑇’.
(ii) Triangle 𝑅𝑆𝑇 is reflected in the line, 𝑥 = 6. On the graph above,
draw triangle, 𝑅’’𝑆’’𝑇’’, the image of △ 𝑅𝑆𝑇, after the reflection.
Write down the coordinates of 𝑅’’.

January 2017
(b) The graph belwo shows triangle 𝐷𝐸𝐹 and its image 𝐷’𝐸’𝐹’ after a
transformation.
(i) State the coordinates of the point 𝐸.
(ii) Describe fully the transformation that maps triangle 𝐷𝐸𝐹 to its image,
𝐷’𝐸’𝐹’.
(iii) On the grid above, draw triangle 𝐷’’𝐸’’𝐹’’, the reflection of triangle
𝐷’𝐸’𝐹’ in the 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠.

June 2017
(b) The diagram belwo shows a triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 and its image, 𝐴′𝐵′𝐶′, under a
single transformation.
(i) Describe completely the transformation that maps △ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 to △
𝐴′𝐵′𝐶′.
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(ii) The translation vector T=( ) maps △ 𝐴′𝐵′𝐶′ to △ 𝐴′′𝐵′′𝐶′′. On
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the diagram above, drawn the △ 𝐴′′𝐵′′𝐶′′.

January 2018
6. The diagram below shows triangle 𝑃𝑄𝑅.
(a) State the coordinates of 𝑅.
(b) On the diagram above, draw
(i) △ 𝑃′𝑄′𝑅′, a reflection of △ 𝑃𝑄𝑅 in the line 𝑦 = 1.
(ii) △ 𝑃′′𝑄′′𝑅′′, the reflection of △ 𝑃′𝑄′𝑅′ in the line 𝑥 = 0.
(c) Describe, fully, that single transformation that maps △ 𝑃′′𝑄′′𝑅′′ onto △
𝑃𝑄𝑅.
(d) Triangle 𝑃𝑄𝑅 undergoes an enlargement of scale factor 2. Calculate the
area of its image.

June 2018
(b) The diagram below shows the triangle 𝑂𝑃𝑄.
(i) State the coordinates of the point 𝑄.
(ii) The line 𝑃𝑄 is mapped onto 𝑃’𝑄’ by enlargement, center 𝑂 and
scale factor 3. On the diagram above, draw the line 𝑃’𝑄’.
(iii) The △ 𝑂𝑃𝑄 undergoes a reflection in the line 𝑦 = 0 to produce
the image 𝑂′′𝑃′′𝑄′′. On the diagram above, show the △ 𝑂′′𝑃′′𝑄′′.

June 2019
(b) Triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 with vertices 𝐴(1,1), 𝐵(1,4) and 𝐶(3,1) is shown on the
diagram below.

△ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is mapped onto △ 𝐿𝑀𝑁 by a reflection in the 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 followed by a

reflection in the 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠.
(i) On the diagram, draw and lebel △ 𝐿𝑀𝑁.
(ii) Describe fully a single transformation that maps △ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 onto △ 𝐿𝑀𝑁.
(iii) State the 2 × 2 matrix for the transformation that maps △ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 onto △
𝐿𝑀𝑁.

January 2020
3. (c) A quadrilateral 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆 and its image 𝑃’𝑄’𝑅’𝑆’ are shown on the grid
below.

(i) Write down the mathematical name for the quadrilateral 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆
(ii) PQRS is mapped onto 𝑃’𝑄’𝑅’𝑆’ by an enlargement with scale
factor, k, about the centre, 𝐶(𝑎, 𝑏). Using the diagram above,
determine the values of 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑘.

January 2021
(c) The letter ‘A’ and a point C (6, 6) are shown on the grid below.
On the diagram, draw accurately, EACH of the following transformations.
(i) The enlargement of letter ‘A’ by scale factor 2, about centre, C (6, 6).
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(ii) The translation of the letter ‘A’ using the vector T = ( ).
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June 2021
(b) The diagram below shows three triangles, 𝑋, 𝑌 and 𝑍 on a square grid.
(i) Triangle 𝑋 is mapped onto Triangle 𝑌 by a reflection. State the
equation of the mirror line.

(ii) Describe fully the transformation which maps Triangle 𝑋 onto

Triangle 𝑍.

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(iii) On the diagram, translate Triangle 𝑌 using vector ( ). Label this
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image 𝑉.
January 2022
(a) The diagram below shows triangles 𝑋′𝑌′𝑍′ and 𝑋′′𝑌′′𝑍′′ drawn on a
square grid.

(i) Triangle 𝑋’𝑌’𝑍’ is the image of Triangle XYZ after an enlargement

of scale factor 2, with center (5, 1).
Draw triangle 𝑋𝑌𝑍, the OBJECT for Triangle 𝑋’𝑌’𝑍’, on the grid
above.

(ii) Triangle 𝑋’𝑌’𝑍’ is mapped onto Triangle 𝑋′′𝑌′′𝑍′′ by a reflection in

the line 𝑃. State the equation of the mirror line, 𝑃.
June 2022
3. The diagram below shows four shapes, 𝑃, 𝑄, 𝑅 and 𝑆, on a square grid.

(b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape 𝑃 onto shape:
(i) 𝑄

(ii) 𝑅

(iii) 𝑆
(c) On the grid provided, draw the image of shape 𝑃 after a translation by
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the vector ( ). Label this image 𝑇.
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January 2023
3. The following diagram shows 3 quadrilaterals, 𝑃, 𝑄 and 𝑅 on a square
grid. 𝑄 and 𝑅 are the images of 𝑃 after it underwent 2 different
transformations.

(a) On the grid draw the image of quadrilateral 𝑃 after a

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(i) Translation by the vector ( ). Label this image 𝑃’.
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(ii) Reflection in the line 𝑦 = 0. Label this image 𝑃’’.
(b) Describe fully a single transformation that maps Quadrilateral P onto
(i) Quadrilateral 𝑄
(ii) Quadrilateral 𝑅