Exploring Points and Coordinates on a Graph

What is the name of the horizontal line in a coordinate plane?

• w-axis

• y-axis

• x-axis

• z-axis

In an ordered pair (x, y), what does the first number represent?

• Horizontal movement

• Vertical movement

• Diagonal movement

• No movement

If you need to plot the point (1, 3), how many spaces do you move up?

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

What is the correct position for the point (3, 2) on a coordinate plane?

• 2 spaces right, 3 spaces up

• 3 spaces right, 2 spaces up

• 2 spaces left, 3 spaces down

• 3 spaces left, 2 spaces down

How do you plot the point (-2, -3) on a coordinate plane?

• 2 spaces right, 3 spaces up

• 2 spaces left, 3 spaces down

• 2 spaces right, 3 spaces down

• 2 spaces left, 3 spaces up

What does a negative x-coordinate indicate?

• Move right

• Move left

• Move up

• Move down

For the point (-3, 2), how many spaces do you move left?

• 1

• 4

• 2

• 3

If the x-coordinate is positive and the y-coordinate is negative, in which direction do you move?

• Left and down

• Right and down

• Left and up

• Right and up

Where is the point (0, 2) located on the coordinate plane?

• In the third quadrant

• On the x-axis

• On the y-axis

• At the origin

What does it mean if the y-coordinate of a point is zero?

• The point is on the y-axis

• The point is on the x-axis

• The point is at the origin

• The point is in the first quadrant