The Cartesian Plane - Year 8

Plane

100

Can a cartesian plane be left blank with no numbers? 

No. A cartesian plane must have numbers to indicate the location of the point. 

200

What are the names of the horizontal axis and vertical axis?

Horizontal axis is the x-axis. 

Vertical axis is the y-axis. 

300

What is the name of the coordinate of (0,0)?

Origin

 

400

What do the arrows represent on the x-axis and y-axis represent? 

The number plane is endless, there is no limit on the positive or negative numbers. 

500

Which axis is a horizontal line?

The x - axis

Quadrants

100

How many quadrants are there on a cartesian plane? 

4

200

What quadrant has positive, positive (+,+) numbers? 

1

300

What quadrant has negative, negative numbers (-,-)? 

3

400

What quadrant is the following coordinate (-10, 4) in? 

2

500

What quadrant is the following coordinate (22, - 22) in? 

4 

Coordinates

100

What is a coordinate on the cartesian plane made up of? 

Two numbers. One x coordinate and one y coordinate. 

200

When writing a coordinate what coordinate comes first, the x or y coordinate? 

x

300

How do you write a coordinate? 

(x, y) - Bracket, number, comma, number, bracket. 

400

If x is 2 and y is -2, how do you write the coordinate?

(2, - 2)

500

If y is -3, and x is 8, how do you write the coordinate? 

(8, -3)

Random

100

Which number is the x coordinate in (5, 0)?

5

200

Which number is the y coordinate in (8, 9)? 

9

300

Can coordinates be a fraction? 

Yes. For example: (1/2, 3), (5, 1/4). 

Note: We will most likely not be using fractions during this topic. 

400

Are the quadrants numbered clockwise or anti-clockwise?

Anti-clockwise. 

500

The x coordinate is 5 spaces away from the origin and the y coordinate is 2 spaces away from the origin. 

List the 4 possible coordinates:

(-5,-2)

(-5,2)

(5, -2)

(5,2)

Hard

100

I have a point (1,1) on the Cartesian Plane move this point 2 spaces to the right

What is the new coordinate? 

(3, 1) 

200

I have a point (-1, 4) on the Cartesian Plane, I move the point down 6 

What is the new coordinate? 

(-1,-2)

300

I have a point (2,7) I want to move my point down 2 and right 3. 

What is my new coordinate? 

(5,5)

400

I have a point (3, 3) on the Cartesian Plane, I want to move the point 8 to the left and 7 down.

What is the new coordinate?

(-5, -4)

500

Starting at the Origin, I want to plot a point. 

I move 3 spaces left, 2 spaces up, 7 right and 6 spaces up. 

What is my coordinate? 

(4,8)