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MathematicsGrade 4en

🔀 Translations

A translation is a slide that moves a shape in a straight line without rotating or flipping it. Learn to describe translations using direction and distance, predict new positions on a grid, and recognize that translations preserve the shape and size of figures. **What you'll learn:** - Describe translations using direction (left, right, up, down) and distance (number of units) - Read and write coordinates before and after a translation - Predict where a shape will be after sliding it on a grid - Identify that translations don't change the shape or size

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  1. Question 1

    A square is at position (2,3)(2, 3) on a grid. It slides 4 units to the right and 1 unit up. What is its new position?

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence best describes this translation: a triangle moves from (1,2)(1, 2) to (1,7)(1, 7)?

  3. Question 3

    When you translate a shape, its size and shape always stay the same.

  4. Question 4

    A rectangle at (3,4)(3, 4) is translated 2 units left and 3 units down. Where does it end up?

  5. Question 5

    A star is translated from (0,0)(0, 0) to (6,4)(6, 4). How many units right and how many units up did it move?

  6. Question 6

    A translation can move a shape diagonally across a grid in one slide.

  7. Question 7

    Which of the following describes a translation?

  8. Question 8

    A circle starts at (5,5)(5, 5). It is translated 2 units left and 3 units up. What are its new coordinates?

  9. Question 9

    If a shape is translated, which of these will change?

  10. Question 10

    When you slide a pentagon 4 units down, the pentagon becomes smaller.

  11. Question 11

    A triangle at (2,1)(2, 1) needs to be moved to (8,6)(8, 6). Which translation describes this move?

  12. Question 12

    A shape moves from (4,3)(4, 3) to (4,8)(4, 8). In which direction was it translated?

  13. Question 13

    A translation always involves moving a shape both horizontally and vertically.

  14. Question 14

    Rectangle A is at (1,2)(1, 2) and Rectangle B is at (5,6)(5, 6). If Rectangle A is translated to the same position as Rectangle B, which translation was used?