Lesson · Grade 6 · Mathematics
Plotting Points in the First Quadrant
- Grade 6
- Mathematics
- 1 min 1 s
- British Columbia
- BC6-MA-38
Starting from the origin on a first-quadrant grid, the video plots the ordered pair (5, 3): x comes first, so go right 5, then up 3, counting each step. It marks and labels the point, checks that it lines up with 5 on the x-axis and 3 on the y-axis, and ends on the recap: start at (0, 0), go across by x, then up by y.
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The question this lesson answers
How do we plot the point 5, 3 on a grid?
The x-axis goes across, and the y-axis goes up.
Transcript
What the lesson says
How do we plot the point 5, 3 on a grid?
The x-axis goes across, and the y-axis goes up.
The two axes meet at the origin, the point zero, zero.
This part of the grid, where x and y are both positive, is the first quadrant.
This is an ordered pair: x comes first, then y.
Always start at the origin.
x is 5, so go 5 units to the right.
y is 3, so go 3 units up.
Mark a dot there and label it 5, 3.
Check that it lines up with 5 on the x-axis and 3 on the y-axis.
To plot a point in the first quadrant, start at the origin, go across by x, then up by y.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Grade 6
Mathematics, Geometry and measurement: combinations of transformationsBC6-MA-38
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The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.
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