Points and their Coordinates

Cartesian Plane
Ren Descartes (1596-1650)

y axis
x

origin

x axis

The Cartesian Plane is

divided into four
quadrants.

II

I
x

III

IV

Within
each
quadrant,
x and y are
going to be
either
positive or
negative

y
x is
negative
y is
positive

x is
positive
y is
positive

x
x is
negative
y is
negative

x is
positive
y is
negative

Plotting Points in the Cartesian Plane

(5, 6) is an example of an ordered pair.
y

y coordinate

(5, 6)

x coordinate

The x
coordinat
e is
always
plotted

6
x

Plotting Points in the Cartesian Plane

(5, 6) is an example of an ordered
pair.
y
y coordinate

(5, 6)

x coordinate
x

(x, y)

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y

Walk tall
crawl

( 3, 4)

( 3, 4)
x
up 4
left 3

Plot the following points.

y

A( 4, 6)
B(2, 3)

A( 4, 6)

C( 6, 4)

D(7, 3)

D(7, 3)

x
C( 6, 4)

B(2, 3)

These points all lie in different quadrants.

What do you notice about their coordinates?

Plot the following points.

y

E(5, 0)
F(0, 6)

F(0, 6)
G( 7, 0)

E(5, 0)

H(0, 3)
G( 7, 0)
H(0, 3)

These points all lie on the axes, not in quadrants.

What do you notice about their coordinates?

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y