Mathematics GCSE
Vector arithmetic (diagrammatic and column)
What Vector arithmetic (diagrammatic and column) means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Vector arithmetic (diagrammatic and column)
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Addition and subtraction of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a scalar, and diagrammatic and column representations of vectors.
Topics that use Vector arithmetic (diagrammatic and column)
- Geometry and measures - Vectors (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- column vector notation
- Parallel and collinear vectors
- Ratios on a line
- resultant vectors
- scalar multiplication
- translation on a grid
- column vector arithmetic
- diagrammatic representation
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