Minute to Win It

Who is the proponent of Cartesian Coordinate System?

• Euclid
• Pythagoras
• Rene Descartes
• Fibonacci

State the quadrant in which the ordered pair (4, -5) located.

• Quadrant I
• Quadrant II
• Quadrant III
• Quadrant IV

In Cartesian plane, x-axis is also referred as

• horizontal axis
• vertical axis
• Cartesian planes
• notation planes

The center of the coordinate plane is called  

• ordered pair
• origin
• x - axis
• y - axis

In which quadrant is the point with coordinates (–3, –21)?

• Quadrant I
• Quadrant II
• Quadrant III
• Quadrant IV

What is the point plotted?

• (4 , 3)
• (3 , 4)
• (3 , 3)
• (4 , 4)

Which describes the order of the signs of an ordered pair in the second quadrant?

• positive , positive
• negative , negative
• positive , negative
• negative , positive

Points A and B in the figure below are symmetrical with respect to the x-axis. What are the coordinates of point B?

• (2 , 2)
• (-3 , -3)
• (2 , -3)
• (-3 , 2)

Which of the following plots the point (-2.5,3)?

• (-3,-1), (-2,1), (0,0), (0,3), (1,2), (2,0), (3,-2).
• (-2,3), (-1,-3), (0,0), (0,2), (1,-2), (3,0), (2,1).
• (-3,-1), (-2,1), (0,0), (0,2), (2,1), (3,0), (3,-2).
• (-3,-2), (-1,2), (0,0), (0,3), (2,-1), (2,0), (3,-1).

Which describes the order of the signs of an ordered pair in the fourth quadrant?

• positive , positive
• negative , negative
• positive , negative
• negative , positive