Coordinate Plane and Ordered Pairs

What is the horizontal axis on a coordinate plane called?

• Ordered pairs

• X-axis

• Y-axis

• Intersection

What is the x-axis?​ ​ ​ (a)  

• horizontal axis
• vertical axis
• coordinate plane
• quadrant I

The vertical axis on a coordinate plane

A pair of numbers that gives the coordinates of a point on a plane in this order.​ (a)   ​

• ordered pairs
• origin
• x-axis
• y-axis

What is the y-axis?

• vertical axis

• quadrant I

• x-axis

• ordered pairs

How do you write an ordered pair?

• (X,X)

• (Y,X)

• (Y,Y)

• (X,Y)

The first number in an ordered pair; indicates horizontal movement starting from the origin parallel to the x-axis.​ (a)  

• True
• False

The second number in an ordered pair; indicates vertical movement starting from the origin parallel to the x-axis.​ (a)  

• false
• true

The ordered pair for the origin in the coordinate plane is..

• (1,0)

• (0,0)

• (0,1)

• (1,1)

Points A through F are shown on the coordinate grid. Which of the points have a y-coordinate that is greater than 3?

• point E

• point C

• point B

• point A

• point D