High School · Vector and Matrix Quantities
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.VM.B.5a
Represent scalar multiplication graphically by scaling vectors and possibly reversing their direction; perform scalar multiplication component-wise, e.g., as c(v<sub>x</sub>, v<sub>y</sub>) = (cv<sub>x</sub>, cv<sub>y</sub>).
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Lessons that teach this standard
- Adding, Subtracting and Scaling Vectors
How to add vectors end to end and by components, why the length of a sum is usually less than the sum of the lengths, how subtraction works, and what scaling does.