do easier ones please.

X goes first. Y goes second. So if it is (3, 8), then you graph 3 on the x axis and 8 on the y axis

Imagine you are building a house and you want the kitchen to be in the exact middle of the house. That is where the origin is. If you divide your house into four groups than each group(going counterclockwise) is one quadrant. The lines that divide it make up the X-axis and Y-axis. If you are still confused you can always ask me

What’s x axis what’s the purpose why do we have it what’s the y axis why do we have it do we need it do we want it

help me im so bad with math

X goes first. Y goes second. So if it is (3, 8), then you graph 3 on the x axis and 8 on the y axis

What do you not understand about this?

How does a x-axis and y-xis work?

Exactly I don’t understand. Like how

what do you do when there is things in the middle on the coordinate plane?

if you are talking about the very middle, it is the origin thus meaning it equals 0.

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Get ready for 8th grade

Course: Get ready for 8th grade > Unit 4

Lesson 1: Coordinate plane

Graphing coordinates review

Google Classroom

Review graphing points on a coordinate plane, and try some practice problems.

Ordered pairs

Ordered pairs are made up of two numbers. The first number is the

x

-coordinate and the second number is the

y

-coordinate:

(x, y)

Want to review the parts of a coordinate plane? Check out this article.

Graphing ordered pairs

To graph an ordered pair, we start at the origin. Next, we move right (positive) or left (negative) to the

x

-coordinate. From there, we move up (positive) or down (negative) to the

y

-coordinate.

Example 1: $(6, - 8)$ ‍

To graph

(6, - 8)

, we move

right 6

from the origin

(0, 0)

, then

down 8

from there.

Example 2: $(0, - 9)$ ‍

To graph

(0, - 9)

, we move

right 0

from the origin

(0, 0)

, then

down 9

from there.

Want to learn more about graphing coordinates? Check out this video.

Practice

Problem 1

Drag the dots to plot $(6, - 8)$ ‍, $(2, 7)$ ‍, and $(1, - 4)$ ‍.

Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise.

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