Enlargements Using Column Vectors WORKSHEET
Suitable for Year groups: Year 10, Year 11
GCSE Tier: Higher
Targeting grades: 6-7
Prerequisite knowledge: Column vectors. Using scale factors to enlarge shapes.
Enlargements Using Column Vectors WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION
In this worksheet, students will explore using column vectors to enlarge shapes from a centre of enlargement, particularly focusing on negative scale factors. This method allows pupils to accurately transform shapes.
Section A provides a reminder of scaling column vectors, describing their movement, and practice writing column vectors.
In Section B, learners will enlarge shapes from given centres of enlargement using specified scale factors. Students will write column vectors to show the distance from the centre of enlargement to each vertex and multiply vectors by the scale factor to find the vertices of the image.
The worksheet includes 6 enlargements with scale factors, including positive and negative integers and fractions.
