6th grade Coordinate Plane

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What is a coordinate plane?

Back

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

Front

What are the x-axis and y-axis?

Back

The x-axis is the horizontal line on a coordinate plane, while the y-axis is the vertical line.

Front

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).

Front

What does the first number in an ordered pair represent?

Back

The first number represents the position along the x-axis.

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What does the second number in an ordered pair represent?

Back

The second number represents the position along the y-axis.

Front

What is the origin in a coordinate plane?

Back

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

Front

How do you plot the point (3, 5)?

Back

Start at the origin (0, 0), move 3 units to the right along the x-axis, and then move 5 units up along the y-axis.

Front

What is the quadrant in which the point (2, 3) is located?

Back

The point (2, 3) is located in Quadrant I, where both x and y are positive.

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What happens to the coordinates of a point if you move it left on the x-axis?

Back

The x-coordinate decreases.

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What happens to the coordinates of a point if you move it down on the y-axis?

Back

The y-coordinate decreases.