Shape and space · Ages 9–10
Grid references worksheet
Part of: Coordinates and moving shapes
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Grid references worksheet
Shape and space · Ages 9–10
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Write each answer in the space. For word problems, show your working and write a sentence answer.
Part A: Working out and filling in (2 marks each)
1.The 🐵 is in B5 and the 🍌 is in E1. The 🐵 moves one square at a time, left, right, up or down. What is the fewest squares it must move to reach the 🍌?
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2.The 🐵 is in B5 and the 🍌 is in E4. The 🐵 moves one square at a time, left, right, up or down. What is the fewest squares it must move to reach the 🍌?
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Part B: Choose, or true or false (2 marks each)
3.On squared paper a square is named by its column's letter first, then its row's number. What is the square in column B, row 3?
- A. B3
- B. C3
- C. 3B
- D. B5
Choose the right answer
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4.Which square is the 🐸 in?
- A. B4
- B. D3
- C. D4
- D. B3
Choose the right answer
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5.Which square is the 🍌 in?
- A. D5
- B. B5
- C. B4
- D. D4
Choose the right answer
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6.In which picture is the 🐵 in square C4?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Choose the right picture
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7.What is in square C1?
- A. 🌳
- B. 🍪
- C. 🚗
- D. 🐱
Choose the right answer
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8.The 🧊 is in square D3.
True or false?
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9.In which picture is the 🌳 in square C2?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Choose the right picture
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10.What is in square C4?
- A. 🐻
- B. 🐵
- C. 📎
- D. 🚌
Choose the right answer
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11.The 🍓 is in square D3.
True or false?
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12.The 🌳 is in square D2.
True or false?
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Part C: Word problems (4 marks each)
13.On a grid map, Chi-keung starts at A1, walks 1 squares right and then 5 squares up to the post office. Which square is the post office in?
- A. B6
- B. C6
- C. C5
- D. B5
Choose the right answer
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14.A chessboard names its columns a to h and its rows 1 to 8. Tsz-hin's rook is on d2 and moves 3 squares straight up, to d.
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15.A car park's spaces are named with columns A to F and rows 1 to 8, one space to a square. How many spaces are there?
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16.Playing Battleship, one of Ka-yan's ships covers every square from C4 to C6. How many squares does it cover?
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17.A car park's spaces are named with columns A to F and rows 1 to 6, one space to a square. How many spaces are there?
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18.On a grid map, Ka-yan starts at A1, walks 2 squares right and then 3 squares up to the post office. Which square is the post office in?
- A. B4
- B. C3
- C. B3
- D. C4
Choose the right answer
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Grid references worksheet: Answers and working
Part A: Working out and filling in
1. 7 squares
Count the two parts apart: how many squares across from B to E, and how many up or down from row 5 to row 1?
B to E is 3 squares across; row 5 to row 1 is 4 more: 7 in all.
2. 4 squares
Count the two parts apart: how many squares across from B to E, and how many up or down from row 5 to row 4?
B to E is 3 squares across; row 5 to row 4 is 1 more: 4 in all.
Part B: Choose, or true or false
3. A. B3
A square's name: the letter first, then the number.
The column's letter B first, then the row's number 3: the square is B3.
4. A. B4
Find the 🐸: look down to see which letter's column it is in, then which row.
Look down from the 🐸 to the letter and across to the number: the letter first, then the number.
5. D. D4
Find the 🍌: look down to see which letter's column it is in, then which row.
Look down from the 🍌 to the letter and across to the number: the letter first, then the number.
6. A
C is the 3rd column from the left. In each picture, check whether the 🐵 is in column C, row 4.
C4: up column C and across row 4, where they meet.
7. D. 🐱
Find C along the bottom and go up that column to row 1.
C1: up from C along the bottom, across from 1 up the side; where they meet is the 🐱.
8. True
Find the 🧊 first: which column is it in, and which row? Then compare with D3.
D3 is where column D meets row 3: see whether the 🧊 is exactly there.
9. B
C is the 3rd column from the left. In each picture, check whether the 🌳 is in column C, row 2.
C2: up column C and across row 2, where they meet.
10. A. 🐻
Find C along the bottom and go up that column to row 4.
C4: up from C along the bottom, across from 4 up the side; where they meet is the 🐻.
11. False
Find the 🍓 first: which column is it in, and which row? Then compare with D3.
D3 is where column D meets row 3: see whether the 🍓 is exactly there.
12. False
Find the 🌳 first: which column is it in, and which row? Then compare with D2.
D2 is where column D meets row 2: see whether the 🌳 is exactly there.
Part C: Word problems
Marking: 2 for the working, 1 for the answer, 1 for the sentence.
13. A. B6
Going right changes the letter; going up changes the number. Start from A1 and do the letter first.
Right 1: 1 letters on from A. Up 5: 1 + 5 = 6.
14. 5
Going straight up keeps the letter. The number starts at 2: do you add 3 or take it away?
Going up keeps the letter and adds 3 to the number: 2 + 3 = 5, so d5.
15. 48 spaces
First count how many columns A to F makes; each column has 8 spaces.
A to F is 6 columns of 8: 6 × 8 = 48.
16. 3 squares
The ship is all in column C, so look only at the numbers 4 to 6. Remember to count both end squares.
Count rows 4 to 6, both ends included: 6 − 4 + 1 = 3 squares.
17. 36 spaces
First count how many columns A to F makes; each column has 6 spaces.
A to F is 6 columns of 6: 6 × 6 = 36.
18. D. C4
Going right changes the letter; going up changes the number. Start from A1 and do the letter first.
Right 2: 2 letters on from A. Up 3: 1 + 3 = 4.
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