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Coordinates: Points on a grid

A coordinate tells you a point’s location using two numbers.

(x, y) x = left / right y = up / down (0, 0) is the origin (the center)

How to plot a point

  1. Start at the origin: (0, 0).
  2. Move x first (right if positive, left if negative).
  3. Then move y (up if positive, down if negative).
How to plot (3, 2) x y -6 -3 0 3 6 -6 -3 0 3 6 x: +3 y: +2 (3, 2) (0,0)
Examples x y -6 -3 0 3 6 -6 -3 0 3 6 (-4, 1) (2, -3) (0, -5) (6, 0) (0,0)

Examples

(3, 2) → 3 right, 2 up (-4, 1) → 4 left, 1 up (2, -3) → 2 right, 3 down (0, -5) → stay on the y-axis, go down 5 (6, 0) → stay on the x-axis, go right 6

Quick tip

x comes first. Always read and write coordinates as (x, y).

Try plotting: (1, 4), (-2, 3), (-3, -1), (0, 2), (4, 0).

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