Cartesian Coordinate System Quiz

Who was the first mathematician to develop the concept of the Cartesian coordinate system?

• Rene Descartes

• Carl Friedrich Gauss

• Pythagoras

• Alexander Fleming

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CCSS.5.G.A.1

What is the horizontal number line in the graph?

• The origin

• The x-axis

• The quadrant

• The plane

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CCSS.5.G.A.1

If the point (a, b) is on the plane what is the name of a?

• Ordinate

• First coordinate

• Abscissa

• Horizontal

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CCSS.5.G.A.1

If P (a, b) is a point in Quadrant IV of a plane, what will we know about b?

• Must be on the y-axis

• Must be on the x-axis

• Must be positive

• Must be negative

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6B

What is the coordinate of a point on a plane?

• Two numbers are given in ordered pairs

• The y-axis

• The x-axis

• The two measurements

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CCSS.5.G.A.1

What is the sign of numbers to the right of the origin?

• Neutral

• Positive

• Negative

• Both negative and positive

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

In (2,8), what do you call 2?

• Coordinate

• Abscissa

• Origin

• Unit

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CCSS.5.G.A.1

In (6,-7), what do you call -7?

• Quadrant

• Coordinate

• Ordinate

• Origin

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6B

Point A is on the left of the origin and also below the origin. Where is point A located on the plane?

• Quadrant III

• Quadrant I

• Quadrant II

• Quadrant IV

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6B

The points A (2,1), B (6,1) and C (6,5) are three corners of a square ABCD. Mark the points of A,B,C and D, what are the coordinates of D?

• (1,5)

• (2,5)

• (0,5)

• (1,4)

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CCSS.6.G.A.3