Ordered Pairs

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What is an ordered pair?

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An ordered pair is a pair of numbers used to locate a point on a coordinate plane, written in the form (x, y).

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What does the first number in an ordered pair represent?

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The first number represents the x-coordinate, which shows the horizontal position on the graph.

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What does the second number in an ordered pair represent?

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The second number represents the y-coordinate, which shows the vertical position on the graph.

Front

How do you write the ordered pair for the point located at 3 on the x-axis and 4 on the y-axis?

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(3, 4)

Front

What is the x-coordinate of the ordered pair (5, 2)?

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5

Front

What is the y-coordinate of the ordered pair (5, 2)?

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2

Front

If a point is located at (0, 0), what is this point called?

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This point is called the origin.

Front

What is the location for the point T if it is at (2, 5)?

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(2, 5)

Front

Which coordinate is horizontal in an ordered pair?

Back

The x-coordinate is horizontal.

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Which coordinate is vertical in an ordered pair?

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The y-coordinate is vertical.