Understanding Ordered Pairs and Coordinates

To determine speed

To pinpoint locations on a map

To calculate distances

To measure time

Isaac Newton

Albert Einstein

Rene Descartes

Galileo Galilei

Y-axis

Z-axis

X-axis

W-axis

Z-axis

Y-axis

X-axis

W-axis

At the point (1,1)

At the origin

At the point (0,1)

At the point (1,0)

Choose a unit of measurement

Draw the axes

Number each line starting at zero

Label the axes

With a semicolon between numbers

In any order

Horizontal distance first, then vertical

Vertical distance first, then horizontal

To separate the numbers

To indicate multiplication

To denote a set

To enclose the ordered pair

Any order

Horizontal first, then vertical

Vertical first, then horizontal

Based on the quadrant

Coordinate pair

Ordered pair

Number pair

Graph pair