Coordinate Plane

Front

What is the coordinate plane?

Back

A two-dimensional surface formed by the intersection of a horizontal number line (x-axis) and a vertical number line (y-axis).

Front

What are the axes in a coordinate plane?

Back

The x-axis (horizontal) and the y-axis (vertical).

Front

What is an ordered pair?

Back

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

Front

What does the first number in an ordered pair represent?

Back

The x-coordinate, which indicates the horizontal position on the coordinate plane.

Front

What does the second number in an ordered pair represent?

Back

The y-coordinate, which indicates the vertical position on the coordinate plane.

Front

What is the origin in the coordinate plane?

Back

The point where the x-axis and y-axis intersect, represented by the ordered pair (0, 0).

Front

How many quadrants are in a coordinate plane?

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Four quadrants, numbered I, II, III, and IV, starting from the upper right and moving counterclockwise.

Front

What is the y-axis?

Back

The vertical number line in the coordinate plane.

Front

What is the x-axis?

Back

The horizontal number line in the coordinate plane.

Front

How do you identify the coordinates of a point?

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By reading the x-coordinate first (horizontal) and then the y-coordinate (vertical) from the origin.