Plotting Points on the Coordinate Plane

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What is the coordinate plane?

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A two-dimensional surface where points are defined by a pair of numbers (x, y).

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What are the axes in the coordinate plane?

Back

The x-axis (horizontal) and the y-axis (vertical) that intersect at the origin.

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What is an ordered pair?

Back

A pair of numbers (x, y) that represent a point on the coordinate plane.

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How do you identify the x-coordinate in an ordered pair?

Back

The first number in the ordered pair (x, y).

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How do you identify the y-coordinate in an ordered pair?

Back

The second number in the ordered pair (x, y).

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What does the point (0,0) represent?

Back

The origin, where the x-axis and y-axis intersect.

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How do you plot the point (3, 5) on the coordinate plane?

Back

Move right 3 units along the x-axis and then up 5 units along the y-axis.

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What is the significance of the x-axis?

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It represents the horizontal direction in the coordinate plane.

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What is the significance of the y-axis?

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It represents the vertical direction in the coordinate plane.

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What does it mean to move right along the x-axis?

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To increase the x-coordinate value.