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Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics practice

exam practice - Identify, describe, and illustrate the following transformations without combining them: 1. Reflect a shape across a vertical or horizontal line. 2. Rotate a shape around the origin, vertices, or midpoints of its edges by multiples of 90 degrees. 3. Enlarge a shape from a center using positive or fractional scale factors. 4. Translate a shape using a vector. - Transformations

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Transformations of shapes

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Transformation Task

You are given a square with vertices P(2, 2), Q(2, 5), R(5, 5), and S(5, 2).

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    Describe Rotate the square 90 degrees counterclockwise around the origin and provide the new coordinates of the vertices.

    Aim for approximately 3 distinct marking points.

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Transformation Task

You are given a triangle with vertices A(1, 2), B(3, 4), and C(5, 2).

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    Calculate Reflect the triangle across the y-axis and provide the new coordinates of the vertices.

    Aim for approximately 2 distinct marking points.

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