Hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity, even though pressure is force divided by area and force is a vector? Why?

Hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity, even though pressure is for

1.	Hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity, even though pressure is force divided by area and force is a vector? Why?
Answer» SOLUTION :For a QUANTITY to be vector, it should have magnitude and DIRECTION. Pressure does not DEPEND on direction, so it is a SCALAR.