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Coordinate Plane

Page history last edited by PBworks 16 years, 4 months ago

What is a coordinate plane?

 

The coordinate plane just looks like 2 number lines stacked on top of each other like forming a cross.

This is what a coordinate plane looks like: 

 

 

Main Entry:   coordinate plane
Part of Speech:   noun
Definition:   a plane spanned by the x-axis and y-axis in which the coordinates of a point are its distances from two intersecting perpendicular axes 
Example:   The position of a point in the coordinate plane is determined by its distance from the axes.

I got that defenition from www.dictionary.com.

 

  • The horizontal line is the 'x' axis, and the vertical line is the 'y' axis.
  • The middle of the coordinate plane, also called the ORIGIN is where you start.
  • On the left side of the 'x' axis are the negative numbers, on the right side are the positive.
  • On the top half of the 'y' axis are the positive numbers and the bottom half is the negative.
  • Both of the axes' lines can go on forever.

 

The coordinate plane has 4 QUADRANTS.

  • The quadrants are the different sections on the coordinate plane.
  • Quadrant 1 is where all the positive numbers are.
  • Quadrant 2&4 have both positive and negative numbers.
  • Quadrant 3 is where all the negative numbers are.

 

 

 

 

How to use a COORDINATE PLANE:

  • Coordinates also known as ordered pairs are what you put on a coordinate plane.
  • An example of an ordered pair is (3,2)
  • The number the left side, which is the '3' in this case, goes on the 'x' axis.
  • The number on the right side, which is the '2' in this case goes on the 'y' axis.
  • Also remember that (3,2) is way different from (2,3)!
  • This is how you plot this pair of coordinates on the COORDINATE PLANE:

 

 

 

Related things to COORDINATE PLANES:

  1. Taylor Math: Number Lines. - number lines are the two lines that make up a coordinate plane.
  2. Taylor Math: Slope Formula. - coordinate planes are used to make slope formulas.

 

I HOPE THIS HELPED YOU. NOW TRY IT! GRAB A PIECE OF GRAPH PAPER &MAKE A GRAPH ON YOUR OWN. 

GOOOOOD LUCK[=

 

I got most of my information from www.math.com. It might help you but I think I told you all the things you already need to know!

 

Comments (30)

Anonymous said

at 10:18 pm on Oct 25, 2007

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Anonymous said

at 1:20 pm on Oct 29, 2007

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at 1:39 pm on Oct 29, 2007

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at 7:31 pm on Oct 29, 2007

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Anonymous said

at 9:56 pm on Oct 29, 2007

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Anonymous said

at 5:06 pm on Oct 30, 2007

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Anonymous said

at 9:54 am on Nov 5, 2007

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at 9:59 am on Nov 5, 2007

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at 10:01 am on Nov 5, 2007

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at 10:03 am on Nov 5, 2007

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Anonymous said

at 10:06 am on Nov 5, 2007

great examamples i like how you highlight the verry inportant thing that we need to know about coordinate planes

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at 1:02 pm on Nov 5, 2007

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at 1:06 pm on Nov 5, 2007

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Anonymous said

at 1:07 pm on Nov 5, 2007

You have nice pictures,and information.

Anonymous said

at 1:21 pm on Nov 5, 2007

i like your colors! try and make the fonts a little bigger! i love it! :) see you in science

Anonymous said

at 2:28 pm on Nov 5, 2007

nice page but looks like u copied and pasted haha

Anonymous said

at 2:40 pm on Nov 5, 2007

I like it but its a little confusing, pleeseee make it a little more colorful...

Anonymous said

at 2:44 pm on Nov 5, 2007

nice colors. making font bigger could be better

Anonymous said

at 2:46 pm on Nov 5, 2007

it's great, but maybe you need to add some info.

Anonymous said

at 2:48 pm on Nov 5, 2007

i noticed you did an open bracket [

then you put an equal sign

(looks like this) [=

you fergot the closing bracket sign... and it is not needed anyways

Anonymous said

at 2:49 pm on Nov 5, 2007

you should link it straight to the definition

Anonymous said

at 2:53 pm on Nov 5, 2007

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Anonymous said

at 2:54 pm on Nov 5, 2007

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Anonymous said

at 2:57 pm on Nov 5, 2007

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Anonymous said

at 4:51 pm on Nov 5, 2007

i love the page, verry informitave, maybe you could make the font a little bigger, thougg!

Anonymous said

at 4:30 pm on Nov 21, 2007

Very nice. Good use of color to add to the meaning.

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