The Coordinate Plane

Question 1

What is the X-Axis?

Answer 1

The horizontal axis of the coordinate plane.

Question 2

What is the Y-Axis?

Answer 2

The vertical axis of the coordinate plane.

Question 3

What are the Quadrants?

Answer 3

Quarters of the Coordinate Plane where a point may lie. It looks like this:

II I
III IV

Question 4

What is an Ordered Pair?

Answer 4

A way of writing that is specifically made for the coordinate plane. It is formatted as: (x, y). It can also alternatively be (x, y, z).

Question 5

What are the Coordinates?

Answer 5

The coordinates are the two numbers that form the ordered pair.