Year 10 / GCSE · Maths
Graphs And Coordinates
Year 10 / GCSE learners practise graph transformations and quadratic graphs gcse.
The activities include Apply Horizontal Translations to a Graph Using y = f(x + a), Interpret the Gradient and Intercept of a Straight Line, Apply Transformations to a Graph Using y = af(x), and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, practice. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Apply Horizontal Translations to a Graph Using y = f(x + a)
- Interpret the Gradient and Intercept of a Straight Line
- Apply Transformations to a Graph Using y = af(x)
- Apply Transformations to a Graph Using y = -f(x) and y = f(-x)
- Apply Transformations to a Graph Using y = f(ax)
- Apply Vertical Translations to Graphs Using y = f(x) ± a
- Find Approximate Solutions to Quadratics Using a Graph
- Find the Equation of a Straight Line
- Interpret Distance-Time Graphs
- Interpret Speed-Time Graphs
- Use Algebra to Identify the Roots of a Quadratic
- Use Algebra to Identify the Turning Point of a Quadratic
- Use the Equation for a Circle
- Use the Equation of a Tangent to a Circle
Checked learning resources
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Horizontal graph translations: y = f(x + a)
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
GCSE Higher lesson applies y = f(x + a), translating every point horizontally by a units in the opposite direction while preserving the graph shape.
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y = mx + c
Corbett Maths · Video · Opens on the provider website
GCSE video identifies m as the gradient or rate of change and c as the y-intercept or starting value, then writes and interprets straight-line equations.
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Vertical stretches: y = af(x)
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
GCSE Higher lesson applies y = af(x), multiplying every y-coordinate by a to produce a stretch with scale factor a in the y-direction.
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Transformations of graphs
Corbett Maths · Video · Opens on the provider website
GCSE Higher video distinguishes vertical and horizontal translations, stretches and the reflections y = -f(x) and y = f(-x) from their function notation.
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Horizontal stretches: y = f(ax)
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
GCSE Higher lesson applies y = f(ax), multiplying inputs before evaluation and producing a horizontal stretch with scale factor 1/a in the x-direction.
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Vertical graph translations: y = f(x) + a
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
GCSE Higher lesson applies y = f(x) + a, translating every point vertically by a units while leaving all x-coordinates unchanged.
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Solving quadratics graphically
Corbett Maths · Video · Opens on the provider website
GCSE video estimates quadratic roots from x-axis intersections and solves related equations by reading the appropriate horizontal level on a supplied quadratic graph.
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Equation of a line through two points
Corbett Maths · Video · Opens on the provider website
GCSE video calculates gradient from two coordinate pairs, substitutes a point into y = mx + c and finds the full straight-line equation.