Understand and represent vectors 3 Two points, X and Y, are shown on the grid.

y
9
8
X
7
6
5
4
3
1 a) Match the column vector to its description. Y
2
1
( )
–4
5 4 right and 5 down 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
x

a) Write the column vector that describes the translation from:

( )
–4
–5 5 left and 4 down
i) point X to point Y ii) point Y to point X

( 45 ) 4 right and 5 up b) What do you notice about your answers to part a)?

c) Another point, W, is plotted on the coordinate grid.

The column vector describing point Y to point W is –3 . ( –1 )
( )
4
–5 5 left and 4 up
Plot point W on the coordinate grid.

d) Write the column vector that describes the translation

( –54 ) 5 right and 4 down from point X to point W.

4 Eva and Jack are representing the column vector –4 on a grid. (1)
( )
5
–4 4 left and 5 down
Here are their representations.
Eva Jack

( –5–4 )
b) Write a description for the column vector that does not match up.
a) What is the same and what is different about the representations?

b) Who has represented the column vector correctly?

2 Complete the sentence.
How do you know?
A vector shows both magnitude and .

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5 Match the representations to the column vectors. 7 a) Add arrows to the line segments to represent each column vector.

( –43 ) ( –34 ) ( 12 ) ( –21 )

( –3–2 )

b) Draw the vectors on the grids.

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3
2
( –14 ) ( –41 ) ( –41 ) ( –14 )

( 30 )

8 Points A, B and C are plotted on a grid.

(0)
The column vector from point A to point B is 6 .

The column vector from point B to point C is ( –3 ).

( –32 ) 7
a) What is the column vector from point C to point A?

6 Write the following as column vectors.

a) b) c) d) 

b) What type of shape is created when you join points A, B and C?

What do you notice about your answers?

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