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5th Grade

12.02 Positive coordinates

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Number lines help us work out distance and direction, and can be horizontal or vertical (think of a thermometer). Remembering how to plot points on a number line, will help us in this lesson. 

Plot the following numbers on the number lines:

  1. Plot $3$3 on the number line below.

    012345678910

  2. Plot $528$528 on the number line below.

    520525530

  3. Plot $700$700 on the number line below.

    05001000

 

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Vocabulary:

Another phrase that we can use to describe a number plane is a 'coordinate plane'. This is because we locate coordinates on the plane.

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Question 1

Plot the point $\left(0,0\right)$(0,0) onto the coordinate plane.

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Question 2

Here is a coordinate plane.

  1. What object has coordinates $\left(6,2\right)$(6,2)?

    Dog

    A

    Apple

    B

    Star

    C

    Bike

    D

  2. Write the coordinates of the rabbit.

    $\left(\editable{},\editable{}\right)$(,)

 

Remember!
  • axes - the horizontal and vertical lines, the $x$x-axis and $y$y-axis
  • quadrants - the four different sections our axes create
  • coordinates - these tell us where points are located, with an $x$x-value and a $y$y-value
  • origin - where both $x$x and $y$y are equal to $0$0 and it's where both axes meet

 

Outcomes

5.G.A.1

Understand and describe a coordinate system as perpendicular number lines, called axes, that intersect at the origin (0 , 0). Identify a given point in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane using an ordered pair of numbers, called coordinates. Understand that the first number (x) indicates the distance traveled on the horizontal axis, and the second number (y) indicates the distance traveled on the vertical axis.

5.G.A.2

Represent real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.

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