Plotting points, identifying quadrants, and using the distance and midpoint formulas on the coordinate plane for middle school math.
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- What is the origin on a coordinate plane?
- The point (0, 0) where the x-axis and y-axis intersect
- What is the x-axis?
- The horizontal number line on a coordinate plane
- What is the y-axis?
- The vertical number line on a coordinate plane
- What is an ordered pair?
- A pair of numbers (x, y) that locates a point on a coordinate plane
- In the ordered pair (x, y), what does x represent?
- The horizontal distance from the origin (left or right)
- In the ordered pair (x, y), what does y represent?
- The vertical distance from the origin (up or down)
- Where is Quadrant I located?
- Upper right, where x is positive and y is positive
- Where is Quadrant II located?
- Upper left, where x is negative and y is positive
- Where is Quadrant III located?
- Lower left, where x is negative and y is negative
- Where is Quadrant IV located?
- Lower right, where x is positive and y is negative
- A point lies on the positive x-axis. What form are its coordinates?
- (a, 0) where a is positive
- A point lies on the negative x-axis. What form are its coordinates?
- (a, 0) where a is negative
- A point lies on the positive y-axis. What form are its coordinates?
- (0, b) where b is positive
- A point lies on the negative y-axis. What form are its coordinates?
- (0, b) where b is negative
- What does the distance formula calculate?
- The straight-line distance between any two points on a coordinate plane