Ebook: Co-ordinates and Transformations: Includes translating and reflecting shapes on a grid (Maths Is Not A Mystery)

For children to really succeed in the KS2 SATs, they need confidence in their own ability and they need to be able to talk about their work with adults. Many adults are a little nervous about teaching their children 'the wrong way' in maths because they have heard that the subject is taught differently today.
The Primary Maths Is Not A Mystery series is a set of books that show adults how maths is taught, giving the adult a chance to discuss confidently and work with their child. The work progresses in gentle steps and their is lots of opportunity to practice and to see in detail how the answers to questions have been worked out.
In this book we learn about shapes on a grid. We learn to use the co-ordinates in all four quadrants, which include negative numbers as well as positive ones. We learn how to use co-ordinates to plot shapes on a grid. After that we look at transformations, where we learn how to translate a shape to a new position and how to reflect shapes in the axes.