Graphing on the Coordinate Plane

Front

What are the two directions you move when plotting points in a coordinate plane?

Back

left or right

Front

What is the orientation of the y-axis?

Back

Vertical

Front

What are the coordinates of the origin in the coordinate plane?

Back

(0,0)

Front

What is the x-axis?

Back

The horizontal line in a coordinate plane where y=0.

Front

What is the y-axis?

Back

The vertical line in a coordinate plane where x=0.

Front

How do you identify the coordinates of a point?

Back

By using the format (x, y), where x is the horizontal position and y is the vertical position.

Front

What does a positive x-coordinate indicate?

Back

The point is located to the right of the origin.

Front

What does a negative y-coordinate indicate?

Back

The point is located below the x-axis.

Front

If a point has coordinates (3, -2), where is it located?

Back

3 units to the right and 2 units down from the origin.

Front

What is the first number in the coordinates (x, y)?

Back

x-coordinate.