CAIE IGCSE Mathematics Extended Enlargement Transformations

Practise enlarging shapes from a specified centre with positive, fractional or negative scale factors and describing the result fully.

Syllabus
2028–2030
Objective
E7.1.3
Level
Extended

Exam points

  • draw a ray from the centre through each vertex and multiply its directed distance by the scale factor
  • place negative-factor images on the opposite side of the centre with reversed orientation
  • describe an enlargement by stating both its centre and its signed scale factor

E7.1.3 Enlargement of a shape from a centre by a scale factor. question 1

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Enlarge triangle T by a scale factor of -2, centre (1,0).

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