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 a coordinate plane?

Back

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

Front

What does the y-coordinate represent in a coordinate plane?

Back

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

Front

What is the name of the horizontal number line in a coordinate plane?

Back

The horizontal number line is called the x-axis.

Front

What is the name of the vertical number line in a coordinate plane?

Back

The vertical number line is called the y-axis.

Front

How do you plot the point (3, -2) on a coordinate plane?

Back

Start at the origin (0, 0), move 3 units to the right (positive x-direction), and then move 2 units down (negative y-direction).

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 coordinates (0, 0).

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If a point has a negative x-coordinate and a positive y-coordinate, where is it located?

Back

It is located in the second quadrant of the coordinate plane.

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If a point has coordinates (0, 5), where is it located?

Back

It is located on the y-axis, 5 units above the origin.

Front

What quadrant is represented by the coordinates (4, -3)?

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It is located in the fourth quadrant of the coordinate plane.