The Rectangular Coordinate System

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

• Blaise Pascal

• Rene Descartes

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

• y-axis

• x-axis

• origin

• quadrant

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

The coordinates of the origin in the coordinate plane are _______.

• (0, 1)

• (1, 0)

• (0, 0)

• (1, 1)

Point (3, 4) is an example of _______.

• an abscissa

• an ordered pair

• an ordinate

• a point of origin

Which of the following is true about the point (8, 1)?

• It lies in Quadrant I.

• It lies in Quadrant II.

• It lies in both Quadrant II and III

• Both statements A and C are correct.

Which of the following is true about the points in Figure 1?

• Point D lies in the y-axis.

• Point C has all positive coordinates.

• Point G has all negative coordinates.

• Points A and B are located in Quadrant III.

Which point lies in the origin?

• D

• E

• F

• H