Lesson: Scalars, Vectors, and Directed Line Segments Mathematics • First Year of Secondary School

Students will be able to

• understand the difference between scalars and vectors,
• understand the terms initial point and terminal point of a vector,
• describe vectors using initial and terminal points,
• identify equivalent and opposite vectors,
• find either the initial or the terminal point given the other and the vector connecting both points,
• solve simple vector problems.