Plotting Points on a Coordinate Plane: Quadrant 1

Front

What does the first number in an ordered pair represent?

Back

X-coordinate

Front

What is the difference between the points (9,0) and (0,9)?

Back

(9,0) is on the X-axis, (0,9) is on the Y-axis

Front

How do you plot the point (3,4)?

Back

Right 3, up 4

Front

What is the vertical axis known as?

Back

Y-axis

Front

What is the significance of the point (0,0)?

Back

It's called the origin

Front

What does the second number in an ordered pair represent?

Back

Y-coordinate

Front

In which quadrant do the points (3,4) lie?

Back

Quadrant 1

Front

What is the horizontal axis known as?

Back

X-axis

Front

How do you identify the coordinates of a point on the graph?

Back

By reading the X and Y values from the axes.

Front

What is the coordinate of the point where the X-axis and Y-axis intersect?

Back

(0,0) or the origin