Year 10 - Maths
Checking and securing understanding of rotation
Further transformations
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils apply their knowledge of transformations to explore negative enlargement factors and the application of multiple transformations.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe a rotation and perform a given rotation on an object.
Key Notes
- Tracing paper can be a helpful tool to perform a rotation.
- The image and the object should be congruent.
- Unless a full rotation occurs, the object and its image will not have the same orientation.
- Clockwise is the direction the hands of a clock travel in.
- To rotate, you need the centre, direction and angle of rotation.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Transformation: A transformation is a process that may change the size, orientation or position of a shape.
- Rotation: The rotation of an object is the turning of an object by a fixed amount and around a fixed point (called the centre of rotation), without the image being flipped or its size changing.
- Centre of rotation: The centre of rotation is the fixed point about which an object is rotated.
- Object: The object is the starting figure, before a transformation has been applied.
- Image: The image is the resulting figure, after a transformation has been applied.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may rotate in the opposite direction to the stated direction.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Solve this in steps: explain the method from this lesson and why each step matters.
Tracing paper can be a helpful tool to perform a rotation. The image and the object should be congruent.
2. Use this key word in a maths sentence and explain it clearly. 'Transformation'
A transformation is a process that may change the size, orientation or position of a shape. Use this word when showing your method, then check your final answer is reasonable.
3. Spot and fix this common maths mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may rotate in the opposite direction to the stated direction. Correction: Encourage pupils to read the question twice and highlight the key pieces of information before starting the question.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Advanced problem solving with further transformations Study Guide
- Checking and securing understanding of congruence and similarity Study Guide
- Checking and securing understanding of enlargement with positive fractional scale factors Study Guide
- Checking and securing understanding of enlargement with positive integer scale factors Study Guide
- Checking and securing understanding of reflection Study Guide
- Checking and securing understanding of translation Study Guide
- Describing a negative enlargement Study Guide
- Enlargement using a negative scale factor Study Guide
- Identifying multiple transformations Study Guide
- Multiple transformations Study Guide
- Problem solving with further transformations Study Guide
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