Coordinate system vocabulary

The point where the two axes of a coordinate plane intersect. It is represented by the ordered pair (0,0).

• Coordinate system

• origin

• coordinate plane

• first quadrant

a grid that makes it easy to locate points in a plane using an ordered pair of numbers

• first quadrant

• coordinate system

• brackets

• coordinate series

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A pair of numbers used to locate a point on a coordinate grid

• origin

• ordered pair

• coordinate grid

• x-coordinate

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CCSS.5.G.A.1

the first number in an ordered pair which names the distance to the right or left from the origin along the x-axis

• y-coordinate

• first quadrant

• coordinate grid

• x-coordinate

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CCSS.6.NS.C.8

the second number in an ordered pair which names the distance up or down from the origin along the y-axis

• x-coordinate

• y-coordinate

• x-axis

• y-axis

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the upper right hand corner of the graph, the section where both x and y are positive

• first quadrant

• y-axis

• coordinate grid

• second quadrant

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CCSS.5.G.A.2

a vertical line that includes both positive and negative numbers

• x-axis

• y-axis

• x-coordinate

• y-coordinate

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CCSS.6.NS.C.8

In the ordered pair, (3,6), which coordinate is the x-coordinate?

• 3

• 6

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CCSS.5.G.A.1

CCSS.5.G.A.2

Which axis is a horizontal line?

• vertical axis

• y-axis

• x-axis

• horizontal axis

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What is at (1,2)?

• the moon
• the sun
• a blue planet
• a robot

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CCSS.5.G.A.1

CCSS.5.G.A.2