Plotting Points on the Coordinate Plane

Front

What is an ordered pair?

Back

A set of numbers used to locate a point on the coordinate plane.

Front

What are the coordinates of point H?

Back

-2, 4

Front

What is the ordered pair for point C?

Back

2, 4

Front

The vertical number line is called the __________?

Back

y-axis

Front

What is the origin?

Back

Where the x-axis and y-axis intersect.

Front

What is the horizontal number line called?

Back

x-axis

Front

How do you plot a point on the coordinate plane?

Back

Locate the x-coordinate on the x-axis and the y-coordinate on the y-axis, then mark the point where they intersect.

Front

What are the four quadrants of the coordinate plane?

Back

Quadrant I (positive x, positive y), Quadrant II (negative x, positive y), Quadrant III (negative x, negative y), Quadrant IV (positive x, negative y).

Front

What does the point (0, 0) represent?

Back

The origin.

Front

How do you identify the coordinates of a point in Quadrant II?

Back

The x-coordinate is negative and the y-coordinate is positive.