Coordinate Geometry 1
Coordinate Geometry 2
Vocabulary 1 Category
Vocabulary 2
General knowledge
100

What are the coordinates of the origin?

(0, 0)

100

Who was credited with inventing coordinate geometry?

Rene Descartes

100

What does slope mean?

gradient

100
What is the symbol for gradient?
m
100

Which country's flag has a maple leaf on it's flag

Canada
200
What is the equation of a line parallel to the x axis and passing through the point (3,4)?
y = 4
200

What is the equation of a line parallel to the y axis and passing through the point (3,4)?

x = 3

200

what are coordinates?

Two numbers (x,y) which describe the x value and y value (position across from the origin and a number which describes how far you move up or down from the origin.)

200
What does midpoint mean?
The middle point of a line segment
200

What kind of animal is Bambi?

Deer

300
Fine the midpoint of (3,6) and (5, - 6)
(4, 0)
300

What is the gradient of the line joining (5, - 1) and (7, -5)

m = -2

300

What does parallel mean?

Has the same gradient (lines do not meet)

300
What does perpendicular mean?
Lines meet at right angles
300

The third planet from the sun

Earth

400
What is the gradient and y intercept of y = 5x - 7?
m = 5, c = -7
400

What is the gradient and y intercept of y = 15 - x?

m = -1, c = 15

400

What does bisect mean?

Cuts in half

400
What is the negative reciprocal? eg give the negative reciprocal of 3.
Turn the number upside down and change the sign eg - 1/3
400

What superhero has been played by Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Christian Bale?

Batman

500
Does the point (0,0) lie on the line that is parallel to y = x + 7 and which passes through (-1,0)?
No
500
Two lines are perpendicular. The equation of one line is y = 2 - x and the equation of the other is y = gx + 1. What is g equal to?
g = 1
500

What does General Form of a straight line mean?

Ax + BY + C = o (A, B and C are inetegers)

500
What does vertical mean?
A line which goes up and down (at right angles to the horizontal)
500

What Shakespeare play features a brooding Danish prince and his girlfriend Ophelia?

Hamlet

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