How do you remember which axis goes first? Is it Y axis or X axis?

Chloe you know because the X axis comes first and the Y axis comes next like here's an example (9,8)so the 9 is the X axis and the 8 is the Y axis so there you go :3 :>

At 0.:25 what does "blocks" mean? (Serious question)

blocks mean streets in the example that Sal uses in the video

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5th grade

Course: 5th grade > Unit 12

Lesson 2: Coordinate plane word problems

Coordinate plane graphing word problem

Name: Coordinate plane graphing word problem
Uploaded: 2013-10-25T23:01:07Z
Description: The video dives into the concept of using a coordinate plane to solve real-world problems. It emphasizes how to plot points on the plane and interpret their values, and how to calculate the distance between two points by counting blocks in both the horizontal and vertical directions.

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The video dives into the concept of using a coordinate plane to solve real-world problems. It emphasizes how to plot points on the plane and interpret their values, and how to calculate the distance between two points by counting blocks in both the horizontal and vertical directions. Created by Sal Khan.

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Chloe
Posted 5 years ago. Direct link to Chloe's post “How do you remember which...”
How do you remember which axis goes first? Is it Y axis or X axis?
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- Evilo
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  Chloe you know because the X axis comes first and the Y axis comes next like here's an example (9,8)so the 9 is the X axis and the 8 is the Y axis so there you go :3 :>
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Jean LukK
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If the gets 50 upvotes I’m going to type 300 🍔’s look please in the comments for them if it gets there.
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Gabe Carlo
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At 0.:25 what does "blocks" mean? (Serious question)
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- madlau611
  Posted 7 years ago. Direct link to madlau611's post “blocks mean streets in th...”
  blocks mean streets in the example that Sal uses in the video
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Kayra Lopez
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assume you have 5.7 * 14.73. First number has decimal after 1st digit, second number has after 2 digits.
You can directly multiply without seeing decimal and put decimal after third number (1+2) from left to the answer. You may get proof if you write it as
(57/10) * (1473/100) = (57*1473) / (10*100) = 83961/1000 = 83.961
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Jean LukK
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I live in Ohio
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- Jax Ward
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  better get outa there
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Kendall Wheeler
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Is it just me or is this kinda fun :)
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Marioc115
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yo did you know I didn't know that we're told that Naomi lives at 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street representing 2, 3 on the graph below. Her school is it 4th Avenue and 10th street, representing 4, 10 on the graph. She walks over to 4th Avenue and up to 10th Street. Plot her home and school on the map. How many blocks does Naomi walk to school? So let's plot her home first, 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street, which they are giving us the coordinates 2, 3. So the x-axis right over here, this is representing the avenues. And then the y-axis, or the vertical axis, this represents the street. So 2, 3. So this right over here is 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street. So you see here, we went to 2nd Avenue and then we went up to 3rd Street. This is where she lives at home. We could have also said 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue. Now her school is a 4th Avenue and 10th street. And now we're going to go, so if we start at the origin, we go to 4th Avenue and then go up 10 to 10th Street. So this is the coordinate 4, 10. So this is where our home is. This is where a school is. They say she walks over to 4th Avenue and up to 10th Street. So she walks from 2nd Avenue to 4th Avenue and then up to 10th Street. How many blocks does Naomi walk to school? Well as she walks from 2nd Avenue to 4th Avenue, she's going to walk 2 blocks. 1 block and 2 blocks. You shouldn't get confused by they're actually marking off with these lines every half a block. So that's 1 block to 3rd Avenue, 2 blocks to 4th Avenue. So that's 2 blocks so far. And then she goes from 3rd Street to 10th Street. Well, if you go from 3rd Street to 10th Street, that's going to be 7 more blocks. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. So 2 in the horizontal direction and then 7 in the vertical direction. So that's 9 total blocks. So surprising.
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gabriellethieret23
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I've already watched this video but i still don't understand but after watching it it starts to make sense.
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AscherR
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this was very help ful it was hard to lisen he was talking so muck but if this gets 45 upvotes i will spam yummmyyyyy or weee never mind coment what i should say
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csearl02
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is this garenty to give me an answer what is 5-5
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- gracelyn.laroux
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  I believe you should use subtraction instead of this.
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Video transcript

We're told that Naomi lives at 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street representing 2, 3 on the graph below. Her school is it 4th Avenue and 10th street, representing 4, 10 on the graph. She walks over to 4th Avenue and up to 10th Street. Plot her home and school on the map. How many blocks does Naomi walk to school? So let's plot her home first, 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street, which they are giving us the coordinates 2, 3. So the x-axis right over here, this is representing the avenues. And then the y-axis, or the vertical axis, this represents the street. So 2, 3. So this right over here is 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street. So you see here, we went to 2nd Avenue and then we went up to 3rd Street. This is where she lives at home. We could have also said 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue. Now her school is a 4th Avenue and 10th street. And now we're going to go, so if we start at the origin, we go to 4th Avenue and then go up 10 to 10th Street. So this is the coordinate 4, 10. So this is where our home is. This is where a school is. They say she walks over to 4th Avenue and up to 10th Street. So she walks from 2nd Avenue to 4th Avenue and then up to 10th Street. How many blocks does Naomi walk to school? Well as she walks from 2nd Avenue to 4th Avenue, she's going to walk 2 blocks. 1 block and 2 blocks. You shouldn't get confused by they're actually marking off with these lines every half a block. So that's 1 block to 3rd Avenue, 2 blocks to 4th Avenue. So that's 2 blocks so far. And then she goes from 3rd Street to 10th Street. Well, if you go from 3rd Street to 10th Street, that's going to be 7 more blocks. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. So 2 in the horizontal direction and then 7 in the vertical direction. So that's 9 total blocks.