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FAQs

How do you plot the points on the coordinate grid? ›

Step 1: Identify the point in question, (x,y). Step 2: Determine its x-coordinate, which will be the horizontal distance from the origin. Step 3: Determine its y-coordinate, which will be the vertical distance from the origin. Step 4: Plot or label the point (depending on what the question is asking).

Steps for Plotting an Ordered Pair (x, y) in the Coordinate Plane. Determine the x-coordinate. Beginning at the origin, move horizontally, the direction of the x-axis, the distance indicated by the x-coordinate. If the x-coordinate is positive, move to the right; if the x-coordinate is negative, move to the left.

Drawing a Coordinate Graph

Each point can be identified by an ordered pair of numbers; that is, a number on the x-axis called an x-coordinate, and a number on the y-axis called a y-coordinate. Ordered pairs are written in parentheses (x-coordinate, y-coordinate). The origin is located at (0,0).

When plotting a point on a graph, always start from the center, which is called the origin and has coordinates. (0, 0). (0,0). Then move horizontally the amount of units represented by the x-coordinate, and move vertically the amount of units represented by the y-coordinate.

Starting from the origin, go along the x-axis in a positive direction (right) and along the y-axis in a negative direction (down). Once you know about the quadrants in the coordinate plane, you can determine the quadrant of an ordered pair without even graphing it by looking at the chart above.

Coordinate plane rules: (x, y) → (x ± h, y ± k) where h and k are the horizontal and vertical shifts. Note: If movement is left, then h is negative. If movement is down, then k is negative.

X and y coordinates (axis) are horizontal and vertical addresses in a 2D space. The order of the x and y coordinates in the ordered pair is important. The x coordinate always comes first, followed by the y coordinate.

Example: Plotting Points in a Rectangular Coordinate System

To plot the point (−2,4) ( − 2 , 4 ) , begin at the origin. The x-coordinate is –2, so move two units to the left. The y-coordinate is 4, so then move four units up in the positive y direction.

The x-axis comes first, and then the y-axis. For the point (1,2), the x- coordinate is 1 and the y- coordinate is 2. Here's how we'd plot that on a graph: Any other point is plotted in the exact same manner.

Example 1: The point where both the axes intersect is known as the origin. Coordinates of the origin are written as O(0, 0). Example 2: In the figure below, the coordinates of point A are (3,4). It means that the point is 3 units along the x-axis and 4 units up.

Which way do you plot coordinates? ›

A point is plotted using coordinates in the form (𝒙, 𝒚). The 𝒙 value gives the horizontal. Parallel to the horizon. movement from the origin along the 𝒙-axis and the 𝒚 value gives the vertical.