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Describing a movement

Mathematics · Geometry · ages 8-9
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. A counter sits at (1, 4). It moves 5 squares to the right. What is the new x-coordinate?

    Answer: ______________

  2. A dot is at (2, 3). It slides 3 squares to the right. Where is it now?

    • (2, 6)
    • (5, 3)
    • (2, 0)
    • (5, 6)

  3. A point moves from (1, 4) to (4, 4). How would you describe this movement?

    • 3 units to the right
    • 3 units up
    • 4 units to the right

  4. If a point moves 3 units to the right, its y-number changes.

    Circle one:   True   False

  5. A square has a corner at (5, 1). It slides 2 squares right and 3 squares up. What is the new y-coordinate?

    Answer: ______________

  6. A point starts at (6, 2). It moves 5 units left and 1 unit up. Where does it end up?

    • (1, 3)
    • (11, 3)
    • (1, 1)

  7. A triangle has a corner at (3, 1). The triangle slides 4 squares right and 2 squares up. Where is that corner now?

    • (7, 3)
    • (7, 1)
    • (3, 3)
    • (7, 5)

  8. Sam says moving from (2, 3) to (5, 3) is 3 units up. Is Sam right?

    Circle one:   True   False

  9. Maya says a point that moved from (3, 8) to (3, 2) moved 6 units to the left. What mistake did Maya make?

    • She subtracted the numbers in the wrong order
    • She looked at the wrong coordinate for the movement direction
    • She did not make a mistake

  10. A rectangle corner moves from (2, 7) to (9, 7), then 3 squares up. What is its final y-coordinate?

    Answer: ______________

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  1. 6 · The new x-coordinate is 6 because 1 + 5 = 6.
  2. (5, 3) · (5, 3) is correct because sliding right adds 3 to the first number: 2 + 3 = 5, while the second number stays 3.
  3. 3 units to the right · The y-number stayed at 4, so it only moved right. The x-number went from 1 to 4, a change of 3.
  4. False · Moving right or left only changes the x-number. The y-number stays the same.
  5. 4 · The new y-coordinate is 4 because 1 + 3 = 4.
  6. (1, 3) · Subtract 5 from the x-number: 6 - 5 = 1. Add 1 to the y-number: 2 + 1 = 3. New position: (1, 3).
  7. (7, 3) · (7, 3) is correct because 3 + 4 = 7 and 1 + 2 = 3.
  8. False · Sam is wrong because the second number never changed, so nothing moved up. The first number grew from 2 to 5, which is 3 units to the right.
  9. She looked at the wrong coordinate for the movement direction · The x-number (3) never changed, so the point moved up or down, not left or right. It actually moved 6 units down.
  10. 10 · The final y-coordinate is 10 because 7 + 3 = 10.
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