Vectors (AQA GCSE Maths): Flashcards

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What do vectors describe?

Movement showing both distance and direction

Column vector: what do top & bottom numbers show?

Top: horizontal movement, Bottom: vertical movement

How to write vectors in handwritten work?

Underline letters (e.g., underline aa)

What is a scalar in vector context?

A number that multiplies a vector

Effect of multiplying vector by positive scalar?

Changes size, keeps direction

Effect of multiplying vector by negative scalar?

Changes size and reverses direction

When are vectors parallel?

When they are scalar multiples of each other

What does vector addition a+ba + b mean?

Go along vector aa, then along vector bb

What does vector subtraction cdc - d mean?

Go along cc, then backwards along dd

What does collinear mean?

Points lying on the same straight line

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