Plotting Points

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What is an ordered pair?

Back

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 x-coordinate represent in an ordered pair?

Back

The x-coordinate represents the horizontal position of a point on the coordinate plane.

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What does the y-coordinate represent in an ordered pair?

Back

The y-coordinate represents the vertical position of a point on the coordinate plane.

Front

What is the y-axis?

Back

The y-axis is the vertical line on a coordinate plane where the x-coordinate is 0.

Front

What is the x-axis?

Back

The x-axis is the horizontal line on a coordinate plane where the y-coordinate is 0.

Front

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

Back

Start at the origin (0, 0), move 3 units to the right (x-coordinate), and then move 4 units up (y-coordinate).

Front

What letter corresponds to the ordered pair (1, 2)?

Back

The letter corresponding to (1, 2) is determined by a specific mapping or labeling of points.

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What is the origin in a coordinate plane?

Back

The origin is the point (0, 0) where the x-axis and y-axis intersect.

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What is the significance of negative coordinates?

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Negative coordinates indicate positions to the left of the y-axis (for x) or below the x-axis (for y).

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How do you identify the quadrant of a point?

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The quadrant can be identified based on the signs of the x and y coordinates: Quadrant I (positive, positive), Quadrant II (negative, positive), Quadrant III (negative, negative), Quadrant IV (positive, negative).