Coordinates (Edexcel GCSE Maths): Quizzes
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What are coordinates used for on a grid?
What are coordinates used for on a grid?
To tell us where points are positioned
What is the horizontal axis called?
What is the horizontal axis called?
x-axis
What is the vertical axis called?
What is the vertical axis called?
y-axis
What are the coordinates of the origin?
What are the coordinates of the origin?
In the coordinate pair , what does the first number represent?
In the coordinate pair , what does the first number represent?
Horizontal position
If an x-coordinate is positive, which direction do you move?
If an x-coordinate is positive, which direction do you move?
Right
If a y-coordinate is negative, which direction do you move?
If a y-coordinate is negative, which direction do you move?
Down
What does 'along the corridor, then up the stairs' help you remember?
What does 'along the corridor, then up the stairs' help you remember?
Go horizontally first, then vertically
When plotting a point, where should you always start?
When plotting a point, where should you always start?
At the origin