Plotting Points on the Coordinate Plane

Front

What is the coordinate plane?

Back

A two-dimensional surface formed by the intersection of a horizontal line (x-axis) and a vertical line (y-axis).

Front

What are the two axes in a coordinate plane called?

Back

The horizontal axis is called the x-axis, and the vertical axis is called the y-axis.

Front

What does the ordered pair (x, y) represent?

Back

It represents a point on the coordinate plane, where 'x' is the horizontal position and 'y' is the vertical position.

Front

How do you plot the point (3, 2)?

Back

Start at the origin (0, 0), move 3 units to the right (x-axis), and then 2 units up (y-axis).

Front

What is the origin in the coordinate plane?

Back

The point where the x-axis and y-axis intersect, represented by the ordered pair (0, 0).

Front

What does a negative x-coordinate indicate?

Back

It indicates a position to the left of the origin on the x-axis.

Front

What does a negative y-coordinate indicate?

Back

It indicates a position below the origin on the y-axis.

Front

What is the first step in plotting a point?

Back

Move left or right along the x-axis according to the x-coordinate.

Front

What is the second step in plotting a point?

Back

Move up or down along the y-axis according to the y-coordinate.

Front

What is the y-axis?

Back

The vertical number line in the coordinate plane that represents the y-coordinates.