Demystifying - Adding and subtracting vectors

Drills

Adding component by component, or chaining arrows nose to tail for the resultant, with subtraction as adding the reverse.

Author note — to cover

Add and subtract column vectors component-wise and diagrammatically nose to tail, the resultant of a two-leg journey, subtraction as adding the reverse vector, parallelogram picture included. G25 keeps both diagrammatic and column forms at both tiers. Routes expressed in a and b come later in this topic. (G25)

  • Fluency — direct questions on adding and subtracting vectors, limited to this lesson's stated scope (4 questions).
  • Application — use the same skill in unfamiliar or contextual questions without introducing a later method (4 questions).
  • Check — questions built around the exclusions and likely misconceptions named in the lesson brief (4 questions).

The test

—coming soon—

Where to go next

The method this drill practises is taught on Adding and subtracting vectors.