Coordinate Graphing Quiz

Grade 5 · Math · Quiz

Practice plotting and identifying points and patterns on the coordinate plane.

Questions

1. Which ordered pair is located at 2 units to the right and 4 units up from the origin?

   1. (4, 2)
   2. (2, 4)
   3. (0, 4)
   4. (2, 0)
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   Answer: (2, 4)

   Moving right gives the x-coordinate and moving up gives the y-coordinate. 2 right and 4 up = (2, 4).

2. A point is located at (0, 5). Where is this point?

   1. On the x-axis
   2. On the y-axis
   3. At the origin
   4. In the middle of the plane
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   Answer: On the y-axis

   (0, 5) has an x-coordinate of 0, meaning it is directly on the y-axis, 5 units above the origin.

3. If you plot the points (1,1), (2,2), (3,3), and (4,4), what pattern do you notice?

   1. The points form a horizontal line
   2. The points form a vertical line
   3. The points form a diagonal line going up to the right
   4. The points form a curved line
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   Answer: The points form a diagonal line going up to the right

   When x and y are always equal, the points lie along a diagonal line going from the lower-left to the upper-right at a 45-degree angle.

4. What is the y-coordinate of the point (7, 3)?

   1. 7
   2. 3
   3. 10
   4. 4
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   Answer: 3

   In the ordered pair (x, y), the second number is the y-coordinate. In (7, 3), the y-coordinate is 3.

5. Marcus is mapping out a garden. He plants a rose at (4, 3) and a tulip at (4, 7). How far apart are the two flowers?

   1. 7 units
   2. 4 units
   3. 3 units
   4. 1 unit
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   Answer: 4 units

   Both points share x-coordinate 4, so they differ only in the y direction: 7 - 3 = 4 units apart.

6. Which point lies on the x-axis?

   1. (0, 5)
   2. (3, 0)
   3. (3, 3)
   4. (0, 0) only
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   Answer: (3, 0)

   Points on the x-axis have a y-coordinate of 0. (3, 0) has y = 0, so it lies on the x-axis. The origin (0,0) is also on the x-axis but is not the only choice.

7. The y-coordinate tells you how far to move along the horizontal axis.

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   Answer: False

   The y-coordinate tells you how far to move along the vertical axis (up or down). The x-coordinate controls horizontal movement.

8. The point located at the intersection of the x-axis and y-axis is called the ___.

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   Answer: origin

   The origin is the point (0, 0) where the two axes cross each other.

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