Ordered Pairs

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What is an ordered pair?

Back

An ordered pair is a pair of numbers used to locate a point on a coordinate plane, written in the form (x, y).

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What does the first number in an ordered pair represent?

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The first number represents the x-coordinate, which indicates the horizontal position on the coordinate plane.

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What does the second number in an ordered pair represent?

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The second number represents the y-coordinate, which indicates the vertical position on the coordinate plane.

Front

How do you identify the x-coordinate in the ordered pair (3, 5)?

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The x-coordinate is 3.

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How do you identify the y-coordinate in the ordered pair (3, 5)?

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The y-coordinate is 5.

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What is the ordered pair for the point located 4 units right and 2 units up from the origin?

Back

The ordered pair is (4, 2).

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If a point is located at (0, 0), what is this point called?

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This point is called the origin.

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What is the ordered pair for the point located 5 units left and 3 units down from the origin?

Back

The ordered pair is (-5, -3).

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In the ordered pair (x, 7), what is the y-coordinate?

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The y-coordinate is 7.

Front

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

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The x-coordinate is 4.