Coordinate Plane Vocabulary

Front

What is the second number in an ordered pair?

Back

y-axis

Front

What do you call a pair of numbers that describes the location of a point in the coordinate plane?

Back

Ordered pair

Front

What is the horizontal number line in the coordinate plane called?

Back

x-axis

Front

What is the first number in an ordered pair?

Back

x-axis

Front

If a point on a map has an x coordinate of 2 and a y coordinate of 6, what is the ordered pair that names the location of this point?

Back

(2,6)

Front

What is the point where the x-axis and y-axis intersect called?

Back

Origin

Front

What is the vertical number line in the coordinate plane called?

Back

y-axis

Front

In the ordered pair (3,4), what is the x-coordinate?

Back

3

Front

In the ordered pair (5,2), what is the y-coordinate?

Back

2

Front

What do you call the system that uses two number lines to locate points?

Back

Coordinate plane