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Four-quadrant ordered pairs worksheets
Practice signed coordinates with 24 reading and plotting questions. Identify labeled points, write ordered pairs and add new points across the four quadrants.
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Read the given points, answer the two coordinate-reading groups, then plot eight new points. A negative x value moves left; a negative y value moves down.
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Use the signs and order of two coordinates to locate a point accurately, including points on either axis.
Worked example
Compare (−4, 2) and (2, −4).
(−4, 2) lies in Quadrant II; (2, −4) lies in Quadrant IV.
From the origin, the first point is four units left and two up. The second is two right and four down. Changing the coordinate order changes both the position and the quadrant in this example.
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- Name the direction associated with each sign before plotting.
- Treat points on an axis separately from points inside a quadrant.
- Use a ruler or a finger to track perpendicular directions without drifting diagonally.
- Check a plotted point by projecting back to both axes.
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