Graphing Patterns on Coordinate Planes

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Axis

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In graphing, axes are the horizontal and vertical lines that form the grid, with the horizontal one called the x-axis and the vertical one called the y-axis. 

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Coordinate grid/plane

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A coordinate grid, also called a coordinate plane, is like a map with two number lines (the x-axis and y-axis) that cross each other, forming a grid to help find locations using numbers called coordinates. 

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Ordered pair

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An ordered pair is two numbers in a particular order. The dark lines with the numbers are called the axes, which is plural for axis. To make it easier, the horizontal line is called the x axis and the up and down line, or vertical line, is called the y axis. That is how we name all the spots on the grid.

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Origin

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In graphing, the "origin" is the starting point on a grid, where the x-axis and y-axis intersect, marked as the point (0, 0). 

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Point

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In graphing, a point is a specific location on a coordinate plane, identified by its position along the x-axis (horizontal) and y-axis (vertical), like finding a spot on a grid using numbers. 

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Quadrant

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In graphing, a quadrant is one of the four sections, or "quarters," created when a horizontal x-axis and a vertical y-axis intersect on a coordinate plane. 

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x-axis

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the x-axis is the horizontal line on a graph, running from left to right, used to show where a point is located horizontally. 

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y-axis

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the y-axis is the vertical line that runs up and down, and it helps us find the location of points on a graph by measuring how far up or down they are from the bottom. 

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x-coordinate

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the x-coordinate is the first number in a pair of numbers (like (2, 3)) that tells you how far to move along the horizontal line (the x-axis) to find a point on a coordinate plane. 

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y-coordinate

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the y-coordinate tells you how far up or down a point is on a vertical line (the y-axis), and it's the second number in an ordered pair like (x, y).