Full Vectors Notes — Cambridge IGCSE Additional Mathematics 0606

Use this page when vector questions feel like arrows moving everywhere with no plan.

Vectors in 0606 are usually about four things:

1. reading vector notation correctly
2. using position vectors and unit vectors
3. adding, subtracting, scaling and finding magnitudes
4. using velocity vectors in context

The exam skill is not memorising symbols. It is knowing what the vector is describing: a movement, a position, a direction, or a velocity.

SECTION 1 — What the Syllabus Expects

Cambridge 0606 Vectors in two dimensions covers:

• vector notation in different forms
• position vectors and unit vectors
• magnitude of a vector
• scalar multiplication
  • vector addition and subtraction
• equating like vectors
• vector geometry
• composing and resolving velocities
• resultant vectors
• velocity vectors used to determine position and solve context problems, including particle collision-style questions