Plotting Points on a Coordinate Grid

A _______ is the set of numbers written in a certain order to locate a point on a coordinate grid?

• point

• ordered pair

• pair

• plot

If you start at the origin, and move horizontally to the red dot, how many times are you moving your point?

• 5

• 9

• 6

• 7

What is the vertical number line on a coordinate place called?

• y coordinate

• y-axis

• x coordinate

• x-axis

What is the intersection of the x-axis, and y-axis called?

• Center Point

• Perpendicular

• Origin

• Middle

What is the horizontal number line on a coordinate plane called?

• y-axis

• x coordinate

• y coordinate

• x-axis

What are the coordinates of point A?

• (2, 7)

• (2, 2)

• (8, 2)

• (5, 5)

What color star is at the coordinates (6, 7)?

• Pink

• Green

• Blue

• Orange

In the ordered pair   (7, 8) which number is the X COORDINATE?

• 7

• 8

• neither

• both

A point has coordinates (5, 2). If you were to plot this point on a coordinate plane, what does the 5 tell you to do?

• From the origin, move along the 𝑥 −axis 5 units up.

• From the origin, move along the 𝑦 −axis 5 units up.

• From the origin, move along the 𝑥 − axis 5 units right.

• From the origin, move along the 𝑦 −axis 5 units right.

Which axis runs horizontally?

• x

• y