GCSE Geography AQA 8035

All calculations will be restricted to 2 × 2 or 2 × 1 matrices

Multiplication of matrices

*Multiplying a 2 × 2 matrix by a 2 × 2 matrix or by a 2 × 1 matrix

Multiplication by a scalar*

The identity matrix $\bold{I}$

2 × 2 only

Transformations of the unit square in the $x - y$ plane

*Representation by a 2 × 2 matrix

Transformations restricted to rotations of 90°, 180° or 270° about the origin, reflections in the lines $x = 0$, $y = 0$, $y = x$, $y = -x$ and enlargements centred on the origin*

Combination of transformations

*Using matrix multiplications

Use of $\bold{i}$ and $\bold{j}$ notation is not required*