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Cartesian Plane Skills Test

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Cartesian Plane Skills Test

Use the horizontal axis for x-coordinates and the vertical axis for y-coordinates. Move along the x-axis first, then the y-axis. Write coordinates in the order (x, y).

Identify and draw

1.Draw a Cartesian plane with each axis labelled from −5 to 5. Include the origin and label the four quadrants with Roman numerals.
Use this space to draw your Cartesian plane.
2.Which quadrant contains a point with x-coordinate −3 and y-coordinate 6?
  • Quadrant I
  • Upper-left quadrant
  • Quadrant III
  • Quadrant IV
3.Complete each statement with the correct quadrant number: positive x and positive y; negative x and positive y; negative x and negative y; positive x and negative y.

Plot and interpret coordinates

4.On your Cartesian plane, plot and label P (2, 4), Q (−3, 2), R (−4, −2), S (1, −3), and T (0, 3).
5.A point is 5 units left and 3 units down from the origin. Write its coordinates.
6.A point is 4 units right and 2 units up from the origin. Write its coordinates.

Read the plotted points

Use the coordinate grid to answer the questions below. Each letter marks the centre of a grid square.

y=4

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y=3

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y=2

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y=1

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y=0

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O

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y=−1

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y=−2

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y=−3

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y=−4

x=−4

x=−3

x=−2

x=−1

x=0

x=1

x=2

x=3

7.Using the coordinate labels in the grid above, what are the coordinates of point O?
8.Point M is at (−2, 3). Move it 4 units right and 5 units down. What are its new coordinates?
9.Give two different points in Quadrant III whose x- and y-coordinates are equal.
10.In your own words, describe what the origin tells you about a point's position.

4 printable pages

  • Cartesian Plane Skills Test, page 1 of 4: Identify and draw

    Page 1

  • Cartesian Plane Skills Test, page 2 of 4: Plot and interpret coordinates, Read the plotted points

    Page 2

  • Cartesian Plane Skills Test, page 3 of 4: · · · ·

    Page 3

  • Cartesian Plane Skills Test, page 4 of 4: 10. In your own words, describe what the origin tells you about a point's position.

    Page 4

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