Coordinate Graphing Vocabulary

coordinate pair

• a pair of numbers used to locate a point on a coordinate plane

• a couple with the same outfit

• matching shoes

coordinate plane

• flies high in the sky

• a grid formed by the intersection of a horizontal number line and a vertical number line

• matching planes flying side by side

x-axis

• the vertical number line

• the horizontal number line

• the point in the middle of a coordinate plane

y-axis

• the vertical number line

• the horizontal number line

• the spot in the middle of the coordinate plane

x-coordinate

• the first number in an ordered pair

• the second number in an ordered pair

y-coordinate

• the first number in an ordered pair

• the second number in an ordered pair

Ordered pair (0,0) is also known as the ___.

• y-axis

• x-axis

• origin

What are the coordinates for point N?
*Remember, RUN THEN JUMP!

• (7,9)

• (-7,7)

• (-9,-7)

• (7, 7)

What letter is at (3, 8)? 
*Remember, RUN THEN JUMP!

• There is no letter there.

• W

• R

• E

What letter is at (7,7)?
*Remember, RUN THEN JUMP!

• There is no letter there. 

• L

• D

• X