Describing Movements
Describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down
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If a shape is at position (2, 3) on a grid and you tell your child to move it four squares right and two squares up, can they work out its new position without drawing it first?
Describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down
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- Describe moving from (2,3) to (5,3) as 3 units to the right
- Translate a shape 4 units right and 2 units up and state the new coordinates
- Predict where a point will be after a given translation
“If a shape is at position (2, 3) on a grid and you tell your child to move it four squares right and two squares up, can they work out its new position without drawing it first?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Geometry
- Age range
- Ages 8–9