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Coordinate geometry and plane vectors topic check

Practise coordinate geometry and plane vectors in G3 Mathematics, check independently, and return later to review. This check covers selected skills, not the whole course topic.

Learning goals
  • Find a finite line gradient from two given coordinate pairs
  • Produce a line equation and its gradient/intercept from two given points
  • Calculate the distance between two points
  • Reason and calculate using coordinate geometry
  • Add vectors by ordered components
  • Subtract vectors by ordered components
  • Multiply a vector by a scalar
  • Calculate the magnitude of a vector
  • Find the directed displacement between two points
  • Translate a coordinate point by a directed vector
  • Express a directed displacement in two nonparallel named vectors
  • Represent and calculate with plane vectors
  • G3 Mathematics 2027
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Add vectors by ordered components · Check your progress

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Calculate the distance between two points · Check again

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Add vectors by ordered components · Check again

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Multiply a vector by a scalar · Check again

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Find a finite line gradient from two given coordinate pairs · Retention check

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Produce a line equation and its gradient/intercept from two given points · Retention check

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Calculate the distance between two points · Retention check

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Add vectors by ordered components · Retention check

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Subtract vectors by ordered components · Retention check

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Multiply a vector by a scalar · Retention check

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Calculate the magnitude of a vector · Retention check

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Find the directed displacement between two points · Retention check

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Translate a coordinate point by a directed vector · Retention check

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Express a directed displacement in two nonparallel named vectors · Retention check

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Practise: Find a finite line gradient from two given coordinate pairs

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Practise: Produce a line equation and its gradient/intercept from two given points

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Practise: Calculate the distance between two points

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Practise: Add vectors by ordered components

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Practise: Subtract vectors by ordered components

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Practise: Multiply a vector by a scalar

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Practise: Calculate the magnitude of a vector

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Practise: Find the directed displacement between two points

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Practise: Translate a coordinate point by a directed vector

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Practise: Express a directed displacement in two nonparallel named vectors

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Revision notes

Revise coordinates and vectors

Connect straight-line equations with coordinate geometry, then use plane vectors and scalar multiples to justify geometric relationships.

Key ideas

  1. Straight lines and coordinate lengths

    Connect line equations, gradients and distance with coordinate differences.

  2. Plane vectors and geometric arguments

    Use displacement, position and scalar multiples consistently to justify geometric relationships.

What the syllabus asks

From the G3 Mathematics 2027 syllabus

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  • Finding the gradient of a straight line given the coordinates of two points on it
  • Finding the length of a line segment given the coordinates of its end points
  • Interpreting and finding the equation of a straight line graph in the form y = mx + c
  • Geometric problems involving the use of coordinates
  • Use of column-vector notation (x, y), vectors AB and a, and magnitudes |AB| and |a|
  • Vector as a directed line segment
  • Translation by a vector
  • Position vectors
  • Magnitude √(x² + y²)
  • Sum and difference of vectors to express given vectors in terms of two coplanar vectors
  • Scalar multiplication
  • Geometric problems using vectors