CAIE IGCSE Mathematics Extended translations with column vectors

Practise reading and writing translations as column vectors, linking coordinates, grid movements and directed segments such as AB.

Syllabus
2028–2030
Objective
E7.2.1
Level
Extended

Exam points

  • write AB or BA as a column vector from two plotted or given coordinate points
  • use a given translation vector to mark a missing point or find its coordinates on a grid

E7.2.1 Describe a translation using a vector represented by x y J L KK N P OO, question 1

[Maximum number: 1]

A is the point (3,7) and B is the point (-1,5).

Write AB→\overrightarrow{A B} as a column vector.

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