Coordinate Plane

Front

What is the coordinate plane?

Back

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

Front

What are the four quadrants of the coordinate plane?

Back

Quadrant I (x > 0, y > 0), Quadrant II (x < 0, y > 0), Quadrant III (x < 0, y < 0), Quadrant IV (x > 0, y < 0).

Front

What does an ordered pair represent?

Back

An ordered pair (x, y) represents a specific point on the coordinate plane, where 'x' is the horizontal position and 'y' is the vertical position.

Front

How do you identify the quadrant of a point?

Back

Determine the signs of the x and y coordinates: positive x and positive y is Quadrant I, negative x and positive y is Quadrant II, negative x and negative y is Quadrant III, positive x and negative y is Quadrant IV.

Front

What is the origin in the coordinate plane?

Back

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

Front

How do you write the coordinates of a point?

Back

Coordinates are written as an ordered pair (x, y), where 'x' is the horizontal value and 'y' is the vertical value.

Front

What is the x-axis?

Back

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

Front

What is the y-axis?

Back

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

Front

What are positive and negative coordinates?

Back

Positive coordinates are located in Quadrants I and II, while negative coordinates are located in Quadrants III and IV.

Front

How do you plot a point on the coordinate plane?

Back

Start at the origin (0, 0), move horizontally to the x-coordinate, then move vertically to the y-coordinate.