Coordinate Plane Terms 1
The vertical numberline of the coordinate plane
What is the y-axis
The second number of an ordered pair which tells you where to move vertically (up and down).
What is the y-coordinate.
The perpendicular (this means straight up and down) distance between the base of and object and it's highest point.
What is the height of an object.
Triangle with a base of 7.5 and a height of 12.
What is 45 square units. (7.5 x 12) / 2
What country has the maple leaf on their flag?
Canada
This is created by two number lines called the x and y axis, which cross at zero and at a 90 degree angle.
What is the cartesian plane.
The vertical number line of the coordinate plane.
What is the y-axis.
The area of a triangle.
What is (base x height) then divide by two. Or, 1/2 x base x height.
A trapezoid with bases of 9 cm and 12.5 cm and a height of 10 cm.
What is 107.5 square centimeters. (9 + 12.5) x (10/2)
Which 2001 animated film has the tagline "The greatest fairy tale never told."?
Shrek
The point at which the x and y-axis meet.
What is the origin.
Two numbers given inside of parenthesis that tell you where to plot a point on the coordinate plane.
What is a coordinate.
Area of a parallelogram (a rectangle is also a parallelogram).
What is base x height.
Parallelogram with bases of 27.6 inches and a height of 22.7 inches.
What is 626.52 square inches. (27.6 x 22.7)
What school leadership role did Mr Boscov hold when he attened Casimir Catholic College?
College Vice Captain
The first number of an ordered pair which tells you how far to move horizontally (left and right).
What is the x-coordinate.
You would start at the origin, move zero places left and right, and then two places up.
What is (0, 2)
The area of a trapezoid.
What is (base 1 + base 2) x (height/2).
Trapezoid with bases of 12.5 and 13.2 units and a height of 22 units.
What is 282.7 square units. (12.5 + 13.2) x (22/2)
Which singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
Lady Gaga
The four areas of the coordinate plane which are formed by the x and y-axis and are numbered 1 through 4.
What are quadrants.
You would start at the origin, move 4 places left, and then 4 places down.
What is (-4, -4)
The definition of decomposing an irregular shape.
What is breaking the shape into pieces in order to find the area of each individual piece which can then be added together in order to find the area of the entire irregular figure.
Triangle with a base of 72 meters and a height of 32 meters.
What is 1152 square meters. (72 x 32) / 2
In what year did Mr Boscov begin High School?
2009