Plotting Point on a Coordinate Plane

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What are the coordinates of Point D?

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(2,-4)

Front

The horizontal number line is called the _________.

Back

x-axis

Front

The coordinates (0,0) are also called _____.

Back

the point of origin

Front

In the ordered pair (4,9), which number is the y-coordinate?

Back

9

Front

What letter is at the ordered pair (0, 3)?

Back

R

Front

What is the vertical number line called?

Back

y-axis

Front

What is an ordered pair?

Back

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

Front

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

Back

The position along the horizontal axis.

Front

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

Back

The position along the vertical axis.

Front

What is the origin in a coordinate plane?

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