Math: The Coordinate Plane and Graphing Points Worksheet

Question 1

Point A is located at (3, 5). What is the x-coordinate and what is the y-coordinate of Point A?

Accepted Answer

The x-coordinate is 3 and the y-coordinate is 5. In an ordered pair, the first number is the x-coordinate and the second number is the y-coordinate.

Question 2

Point B is located at (-4, 2). In which quadrant is Point B?

Accepted Answer

Point B is in Quadrant II because the x-coordinate is negative and the y-coordinate is positive.

Question 3

Point C is located at (6, -3). In which quadrant is Point C?

Accepted Answer

Point C is in Quadrant IV because the x-coordinate is positive and the y-coordinate is negative.

Question 4

Point D is located at (-2, -7). In which quadrant is Point D?

Accepted Answer

Point D is in Quadrant III because both coordinates are negative.

Question 5

Point E is located at (0, 8). Is Point E on an axis or in a quadrant?

Accepted Answer

Point E is on the y-axis because its x-coordinate is 0. Points on an axis are not in any quadrant.

Question 6

Point F is located at (-5, 0). Is Point F on an axis or in a quadrant?

Accepted Answer

Point F is on the x-axis because its y-coordinate is 0. Points on an axis are not in any quadrant.

Question 7

Write the ordered pair for a point that is 4 units to the right of the origin and 6 units up.

Accepted Answer

The ordered pair is (4, 6). Moving right gives a positive x-coordinate, and moving up gives a positive y-coordinate.

Question 8

Write the ordered pair for a point that is 3 units to the left of the origin and 2 units down.

Accepted Answer

The ordered pair is (-3, -2). Moving left gives a negative x-coordinate, and moving down gives a negative y-coordinate.

Question 9

A point has coordinates (7, 0). Describe its location on the coordinate plane.

Accepted Answer

The point is on the x-axis, 7 units to the right of the origin. Since the y-coordinate is 0, it does not lie in a quadrant.

Question 10

A point has coordinates (0, -9). Describe its location on the coordinate plane.

Accepted Answer

The point is on the y-axis, 9 units below the origin. Since the x-coordinate is 0, it does not lie in a quadrant.

Question 11

List the signs of the x-coordinate and y-coordinate for points in Quadrant I, Quadrant II, Quadrant III, and Quadrant IV.

Accepted Answer

In Quadrant I, both x and y are positive. In Quadrant II, x is negative and y is positive. In Quadrant III, both x and y are negative. In Quadrant IV, x is positive and y is negative.

Question 12

Point G is at (2, 4) and Point H is at (2, -5). What do these two points have in common?

Accepted Answer

The two points have the same x-coordinate, so they lie on the same vertical line. Both points are 2 units to the right of the y-axis.

Question 13

Point J is at (-6, 1) and Point K is at (3, 1). What do these two points have in common?

Accepted Answer

The two points have the same y-coordinate, so they lie on the same horizontal line. Both points are 1 unit above the x-axis.

Question 14

Plotting point M starts at the origin, then moves 5 units left and 4 units up. What are the coordinates of point M, and in which quadrant is it located?

Accepted Answer

The coordinates of point M are (-5, 4), and it is in Quadrant II. The x-coordinate is negative because the point moved left, and the y-coordinate is positive because the point moved up.

Question 15

Plotting point N starts at the origin, then moves 8 units right and 7 units down. What are the coordinates of point N, and in which quadrant is it located?

Accepted Answer

The coordinates of point N are (8, -7), and it is in Quadrant IV. The x-coordinate is positive because the point moved right, and the y-coordinate is negative because the point moved down.

Math: The Coordinate Plane and Graphing Points

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