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Dilate a point by a whole-number scale factor

Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning

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Multiply both coordinates by the scale factor.

  1. Dilate the point (5, 2) by a scale factor of 2 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  2. Dilate the point (−1, 6) by a scale factor of 2 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  3. Dilate the point (−5, −5) by a scale factor of 2 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  4. Dilate the point (3, −3) by a scale factor of 4 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  5. Dilate the point (8, −4) by a scale factor of 5 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  6. Dilate the point (−7, −5) by a scale factor of 3 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  7. Dilate the point (3, 6) by a scale factor of 3 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  8. Dilate the point (1, 7) by a scale factor of 2 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  9. Dilate the point (−4, −7) by a scale factor of 2 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  10. Dilate the point (−3, −1) by a scale factor of 6 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  11. Dilate the point (2, −2) by a scale factor of 6 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  12. Dilate the point (−9, −1) by a scale factor of 5 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  13. Dilate the point (−7, 9) by a scale factor of 4 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  14. Dilate the point (−12, 9) by a scale factor of 4 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  15. Dilate the point (−5, 6) by a scale factor of 3 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  16. Dilate the point (10, −10) by a scale factor of 2 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  17. Dilate the point (−3, 13) by a scale factor of 2 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  18. Dilate the point (9, 3) by a scale factor of 9 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  19. Dilate the point (10, 10) by a scale factor of 5 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
  20. Dilate the point (−10, −15) by a scale factor of 5 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
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Answer key: Dilate a point by a whole-number scale factor

  1. (10, 4)
  2. (-2, 12)
  3. (-10, -10)
  4. (12, -12)
  5. (40, -20)
  6. (-21, -15)
  7. (9, 18)
  8. (2, 14)
  9. (-8, -14)
  10. (-18, -6)
  11. (12, -12)
  12. (-45, -5)
  13. (-28, 36)
  14. (-48, 36)
  15. (-15, 18)
  16. (20, -20)
  17. (-6, 26)
  18. (81, 27)
  19. (50, 50)
  20. (-50, -75)