Cartesian Plane

What is a Rectangular Coordinate System?

• It is a coordinate system that is used for naming points in a plane.

• It is a coordinate system that is used for graphing linear functions.

• It is a coordinate system that is used to determine the location of a point by using a single number.

• It is a coordinate system that is composed of two perpendicular number lines that meet at a point of origin.

How many quadrants does a Rectangular Coordinate System have?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

Which among these mathematicians was the Cartesian Plane named after?

• Euclid

• Pythagoras

• Rene Descartes

• Blaise Pascal

What do you call the vertical number line in the Cartesian plane?

• y-axis

• x-axis

• origin

• quadrant

Rectangular Coordinates System is also called as _______.

• Origin

• Cartesian Plane

• Abscissa

• Ordinate

For the coordinates of the point in quadrant IV, the x value and y value are always _____ and ______, respectively.

• negative, positive

• negative, negative

• positive, negative

• positive, positive

What do you call the horizontal number line in the Cartesian plane?

• y-axis

• x-axis

• origin

• quadrant

In the quadrant l, the values of x and y are always ____, and _____, respectively.

• positive, positive

• positive, negative

• Negative, negative

• Negative, positive

The point of intersection of the the horizontal and vertical number lines is called _____.

• y-axis

• x-axis

• origin

• quadrant

The point (9, −1) is an example of______.

• fractions

• numbers

• labels

• ordered pair