This video looks at GCSE maths rotations questions, and is aimed at around grade 3. The questions should be reasonably straightforward, although you’ll need to be fairly precise with your drawings. It’s always good to have a sharp pencil, and a ruler, and some tracing paper on hand 🙂
Download a copy of the questions here: Quick Test Rotations
Here’s a copy of the written answers: Quick Test Rotations ANSWERS
These types of questions appear in all the main GCSE exam boards – Edexcel, AQA, OCR and Educas – and are fairly common for non calculator papers.
Top Tips!
- Try to find the ‘centre of enlargement’ either with tracing paper, or by drawing the lines of enlargement
- Take your time – these questions are usually 2/3 marks, and they can make a difference to your overall grade
- Don’t worry about adding ‘working’ lines or showing ‘jumps,’ – it shows the examiner your working
- Does it look right?
Here’s a post that also might be of interest:
Reflections; GCSE maths around grade 3
Enlargements by a scale factor; GCSE maths grade 3
How to enlarge a shape by a scale factor
Enlargement by a negative scale factor
How to change the subject of a formula; grade 5 maths GCSE
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Rotations – GCSE maths around grade 3
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