Chapter 10: Transformations II

Paper 1
This test paper contains 20 questions. Answer ALL the questions.
The diagrams accompanying the questions are not drawn to scale unless mentioned.
You are allowed to use a scientific calculator that cannot be programmed.

1 In Diagram 1, the two figures shown are similar.

x cm
3 cm

3 cm 5 cm

DIAGRAM 1
Find the value of x.
A 2.5
B 5
C 10
D 15

2 In Diagram 2, EB is parallel to DC.

C

12 cm
5 cm

A 5 cm E D

DIAGRAM 2
Find the length, in cm, of AD.
A 7
B 10
C 12
D 17

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0 In Diagram 3, ABC and PQR are similar triangles.
R

C
y cm 7.5 cm
8.5 cm 5 cm

70°
70°
A B P Q
DIAGRAM 3
Find the value of y.
A 10.75
B 11.75
C 12.75
D 13.75

1 Diagram 4 shows two similar polygons.

x cm
6 cm

2 cm 3 cm

DIAGRAM 4
Which of the following gives the value of x?
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x  6
A 2
2
x  6
B 3
3 1
x 
C 2 6
2 1
x 
D 3 6

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Questions 5 and 6 are based on Diagram 5.
In Diagram 5, figure II is an enlargement of figure I.

DIAGRAM 5
2 What are the coordinates of the centre of enlargement?
A A (0,2)
B B (1,3)
C C (2,2)
D D (1,1)

3 What is the scale factor for the enlargement?

A 4
B 3
C 2
D 1

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4 In Diagram 6, Δ A’B’C’ is an enlargement of Δ ABC.

DIAGRAM 6
What is the centre of enlargement?
A C
B B
C A
D O

Questions 8 and 9 are based on Diagram 7.

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In Diagram 7, Δ A’B’C’ is an enlargement of Δ ABC.

DIAGRAM 7
5 What is the centre of enlargement?
A (0,0)
B (1,0)
C (1,1)
D (0,1)

6 If the area of Δ ABC is 3 cm², what is the area, in cm2, of Δ A’B’C’?

A 9
B 12
C 15
D 18

7 The area of an object is 18 cm². If the object is enlarged by a scale factor of 2, what is the
area, in cm2, of the image?
A 18
B 36
C 54
D 72

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8 Find the area, in cm , of an object which was enlarged by a scale factor of 4 and the
2

resulting image has an area of 50 cm².

A 200
B 400
C 600
D 800

9 An object has an area of 75 cm². If it was enlarged by a scale factor of k to an image with
an area of 675 cm², find the value of k.
A 3
B 4
C 5
D 6

10 A rectangle has a length of 8x cm and a width of 3y cm. If it is enlarged by a scale factor of

1
2 , find an expression for the area, in cm2, of the enlargement.
A 6xy
B 8xy
C 10xy
D 12xy

14 In Diagram 8, PT is parallel to QS.

T

S
6 cm

R
Q 2 cm
5 cm
P
DIAGRAM 8
Find the length, in cm, of PT.
A 20
B 21
C 22
D 23

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15 In Diagram 9, Δ ABC and Δ EDC are similar.

E
7 cm
10 cm

y cm
C
8 cm

A D
DIAGRAM 9
Find the value of y.
71
A 8
70
B 8
68
C 8
65
D 8

11 In Diagram 10, triangles ABC and DEC are similar.

C

4 cm

D E

3.2 cm 10 cm

A B
x cm
DIAGRAM 10

Calculate the area, in cm2, of Δ ABC.

A 36
B 38
C 40
D 42

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12 The area of an object is 70 cm . If it is enlarged using a scale factor of 2, what is the area,
2
in m2, of the image in m ?
A 2.8
B 0.28
C 0.028
D 0.0028

13 In Diagram 11, figure II is an enlargement of figure I.

Area = 12 cm² Area = 48 cm²

I II

DIAGRAM 11
What is the scale factor used?
1
A 2
B 2
C 3
D 4

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14 An object was enlarged using a scale factor of 3 and the area of the image was 10 cm².
If the object is a square, what is its length, in cm?
A 3
B √6
C 9
D √ 90
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15 The area of an object is 64 x cm². After enlarging using a scale factor of k, an image with
an area of 4x² cm² was obtained. Determine the value of k.
A 1
1
B 2
1
C 3
1
D 4

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Paper 2
This test paper contains 10 questions. Answer ALL the questions.
The diagrams accompanying the questions are not drawn to scale unless mentioned.
You are not allowed to use a calculator.

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1 A pentagon with sides of 27 cm was enlarged using a scale factor of 3 What is the length
of the sides of the enlargement?

2 The area of an object is x cm². If the object is enlarged using a scale factor of 3, write an
expression for the area of the image.

3 Diagram 1 shows the image of an enlargement.

Area = 200 cm²

DIAGRAM 1
1
Calculate the area of the object, if the scale factor of enlargement was 2 .

4 Diagram 2 shows figure ABCDEF being enlarged to figure A’B’C’D’E’E.

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 DIAGRAM 2

Find the centre the of enlargement.

5 In Diagram 3, figure PQRS was enlarged to figure RQ’R’S’ by a scale factor of k.

DIAGRAM 3
What is the value of k?

6 In Diagram 4, triangles ABC and DEC are similar.

C

12 cm

D E
x cm

A 8 cm B

DIAGRAM 4
If CE = 4 cm, find the value of x.

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7 In Diagram 5, Δ KLM and Δ QPM are similar.

Q
6 cm
y cm

L P 2 cm M

8 cm

DIAGRAM 5
Find the value of y.

8 In Diagram 6, object ABCDE was enlarged to obtain the image A’B’C’D’E’.

DIAGRAM 6
Find the centre of the enlargement.

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9 In Diagram 7, triangles XYZ and VWZ are similar.

15 cm

V W
x cm

X 10 cm Y

DIAGRAM 7
Given WZ = 5 cm, find is the area of trapezium VWYX.

10 In Diagram 8, triangles ABC and EDC are similar.

B
E

6 cm
x cm
C 12 cm

8 cm

A D

DIAGRAM 8
Find the value of x.

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