Demystifying - Collinear points

Drills

Proving three points lie on one straight line by showing two vectors parallel and sharing a point.

Author note — to cover (Higher)

Higher only (braced G25): prove three points collinear by showing two vectors such as AB and AC are scalar multiples, hence parallel, and share the point A — the shared-point statement being a required line of the proof, not decoration. Full multi-step arguments are the capstone sibling page. (G25)

  • Fluency — direct questions on collinear points, 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

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Where to go next

The method this drill practises is taught on Collinear points.