What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can add, subtract and multiply vectors by a scalar using column vectors or i and j
- I can find the magnitude and direction of a vector
- I can use position vectors to find distances between points
- I can use vectors to prove geometric results
- I can use vectors in problems about speed, distance and motion
Practise this topic
5 resourcesVectors: Spot the Mistake
A student’s working with a mistake a real student would make (or, about 1 in 8 times, no mistake at all): tap the line you think is wrong, or No mistake, then reveal it, the corrected working and why. One level for each part of…
🕹️ Topic gameVector Mini Golf
Eighteen holes of mini golf where every shot is a vector. There is no grid: each hole says how many units across and up it is, so students estimate. KS3 types a column vector; GCSE makes the shot from a and b (like 2a − b); A…
🧩 ConnectionsVectors
Column vectors in 2D and 3D grouped by a shared property: the same magnitude, parallel to a given vector, perpendicular to a given vector, or unit length.
📋 Unit reviewVectors: Exam Questions
Exam-style questions on the whole Vectors chapter, researched from real papers, with mark schemes in the examination’s notation (M, A, B, dM, ft, cso and the AO codes): magnitude and direction, position vectors, dividing a line…
⬢ BlockbustersVectors: Spot the Mistake Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Vectors: Spot the Mistake worksheet: choose its levels for the ordinary hexagons and for the harder ★ ones. Show the answer and the worked solution, or play against the computer with…
These are the pages for Vectors in the A Level Further Maths scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel A Level Further Mathematics (9FM0). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.