Practice reading and writing coordinates as ordered pairs on a coordinate grid. Students will identify x-values and y-values and use the correct order, (x, y).
Read each problem carefully. Remember that the x-coordinate comes first and tells how far to move across. The y-coordinate comes second and tells how far to move up.
Show your work in the space provided.
Practice reading ordered pairs by moving across first, then up
Math - Grade 4-5
- 1
A point is located at (3, 5). Which number tells how far to move across on the x-axis, and which number tells how far to move up on the y-axis?
- 2
Write the ordered pair for a point that is 4 units across from the origin and 2 units up.
- 3
Look at the ordered pair (7, 1). What is the x-coordinate? What is the y-coordinate?
- 4
A student plots a point by moving 6 units up first and then 3 units across. The point was supposed to be (3, 6). Did the student use the correct order? Explain.
- 5
On a coordinate grid, point A is at (2, 8). Describe how to get to point A from the origin.
- 6
Which ordered pair matches this description: move 5 units across and 9 units up? Choose one: (9, 5) or (5, 9). Explain your answer.
- 7
Point B is plotted at (0, 4). What does the 0 tell you about the location of the point?
- 8
Point C is plotted at (6, 0). What does the 0 tell you about the location of the point?
- 9
Write the ordered pair for a point that has an x-coordinate of 8 and a y-coordinate of 3.
- 10
A map grid shows the library at (1, 6), the park at (6, 1), and the school at (4, 4). Which location has an x-coordinate of 6?
- 11
Point D is at (5, 7). Point E is at (7, 5). Are these points in the same location? Explain why or why not.
- 12
A treasure is hidden at (9, 2) on a coordinate grid. Write directions from the origin to the treasure using the correct coordinate order.