Understanding Ordered Pairs and Coordinates

This video tutorial covers the basics of coordinate pairs, explaining how to identify and plot them on a coordinate plane. It emphasizes the importance of the order in ordered pairs and provides examples with both positive and negative coordinates, as well as decimals. The tutorial aims to help students understand how to navigate a grid using the x and y axes.

What is the first number in an ordered pair called?

• y coordinate

• z coordinate

• x coordinate

• w coordinate

Which axis does the y coordinate correspond to?

• w-axis

• y-axis

• z-axis

• x-axis

If you have the ordered pair (0, 5), where would you move on the x-axis?

• 0 spaces

• 5 spaces left

• 5 spaces up

• 5 spaces right

In the ordered pair (4, 1), which direction do you move first?

• Up

• Down

• Left

• Right

What is the result of moving 4 spaces right and 1 space up from the origin?

• Point A

• Point D

• Point C

• Point B

How do you interpret the ordered pair (5, -2)?

• 5 spaces up, 2 spaces right

• 5 spaces down, 2 spaces left

• 5 spaces right, 2 spaces down

• 5 spaces left, 2 spaces up

What does a negative y coordinate indicate?

• Move up

• Move down

• Move left

• Move right

If you have the ordered pair (8.5, 8), where do you end up?

• Point M

• Point L

• Point O

• Point N

What is the importance of the order in an ordered pair?

• It determines the color of the point

• It changes the shape of the point

• It affects the size of the point

• It determines the exact location on the grid

Where do you end up if you move 0 spaces on the x-axis and 9 spaces up?

• Point H

• Point G

• Point F

• Point E