Plotting Points on the Coordinate Plane

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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), used to plot points.

Front

What are the axes in a coordinate plane?

Back

The x-axis (horizontal) and y-axis (vertical) that define the coordinate plane.

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What is an ordered pair?

Back

A pair of numbers (x, y) that represent a point on the coordinate plane, where x is the horizontal position and y is the vertical position.

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How do you identify the x-coordinate in an ordered pair?

Back

The first number in the ordered pair (x, y) represents the x-coordinate.

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How do you identify the y-coordinate in an ordered pair?

Back

The second number in the ordered pair (x, y) represents the y-coordinate.

Front

What does the point (0, 0) represent?

Back

The origin, where the x-axis and y-axis intersect.

Front

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

Back

Move 3 units to the right on the x-axis and 2 units up on the y-axis.

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What does a negative x-coordinate indicate?

Back

The point is located to the left of the origin on the x-axis.

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What does a negative y-coordinate indicate?

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The point is located below the origin on the y-axis.

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What is the significance of the point (0, y)?

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It lies on the y-axis, where x is zero.