Coordinate Plane Concepts

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Ordered pairs

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Numbers used to locate a point on a coordinate plane. First point is x-coordinate, second point is y-coordinate.

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Coordinate plane

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A plane in which a horizontal number line (x axis) and a vertical number line (y axis) intersect at their zero points.

Front

Origin

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The point of intersection of the x-axis and y-axis on a coordinate plane.

Front

X-axis

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The horizontal line of the two perpendicular number lines in a coordinate plane.

Front

Y-axis

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The vertical line of the two perpendicular number lines in a coordinate plane.

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Quadrants

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The four regions in a coordinate plane separated by the x-axis and the y-axis.

Front

X-coordinate

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The number that indicates the position of a point to the left or right of the y-axis.

Front

Y-coordinate

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The number that indicates the position of a point above or below the x-axis.