Position vector

Imagine you are playing a game with your friends and you have a special toy that you want them to find. You can tell them where it is by using a special point called the "position vector".

To draw a position vector, you start at a certain point, let's say your house, and then draw an arrow pointing towards the toy. The arrow tells your friends which direction they need to go in to find the toy, and how far away it is.

The position vector also has special names for the two important pieces of information it gives us: the direction part is called the "direction vector" and the distance part is called the "magnitude".

So when you tell your friends that the toy is five blocks away in the direction of the park, you are using a position vector to show them where to go!