CAMBRIDGE IGCSE

MATHEMATICS CORE &

EXTENDED By Karen Morrison &
Nick Hamshaw

COURSEBOOK 2ND
EDITION
 Chpt 23: Vectors
What are they?

What do they look like?

Properties
 VECTORS

LO: Should be able to:

 Define a vector and scalar quantity ?
 Write a column vector for each vector shown on a diagram.
 Describe translations using column vectors.
STARTER: INTRODUCTION TO
VECTORS VIDEO:
What is the difference between speed
and velocity?

=> Velocity is speed combined with direction

 What are Vectors?
• A scalar quantity is simply anything in life that can be described
by just a number
e.g. the temperature, my age etc.
• However, a vector is a quantity that needs a direction as well for
it to make sense.

=> Vectors have both magnitude (size) and direction

Examples
- Velocity = speed + direction
e.g. wind velocity is 20kmh East
- Displacement = distance + direction
e.g. displacement of Leeds from York is 25 miles W

=> Vectors are directed quantities

 What do they look like?
Vectors can be represented as:

- Straight Lines - Column Vectors

direction 3
1
Size

=> Vectors are pathways

 What do they look like?

The most common notation for

vectors is threefold

A
Coordinates vs Vectors

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5

4
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3

2 ?
1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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-2
Vectors to represent movements

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 EXAMPLES
Question 1.

Express the vectors in

component form.
(column vectors)

How might we
calculate the
length of one of
these vectors?
Writing Vectors
You’re used to variables representing numbers in maths. They can also
represent vectors!

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CLASSWORK EXERCISE PG
573-574
CLASSWORK EXERCISE
CLASSWORK EXERCISE
HW PG 573 -574
Ex 23.5
Q4 a, b, c, d, e, f

Submit your H.W on google classroom before 8pm on the day the
lesson was taken.
 Vectors
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