Quiz – Plotting Points on the Coordinate Plane ($2D$)

Test your understanding of how to plot points on the coordinate plane.

Try to answer the questions before checking the answers at the bottom of the page.

Instructions

Remember that a point in $2D$ is written as:

$$(x, y)$$

The first coordinate gives the horizontal position, and the second coordinate gives the vertical position.

Positive $x \longrightarrow$ right
Negative $x \longrightarrow$ left
Positive $y \longrightarrow$ up
Negative $y \longrightarrow$ down

Question 1

How many coordinate values are needed to locate a point in $2D$?

A) One
B) Two
C) Three

Question 2

In the ordered pair $(x, y)$, what does the first coordinate represent?

A) The horizontal position
B) The vertical position
C) The distance from the point to the origin

Question 3

How do you plot the point:

$$(3, 2)$$

A) $3$ units right and $2$ units up
B) $3$ units left and $2$ units up
C) $2$ units right and $3$ units up

Question 4

How do you plot the point:

$$(-4, 1)$$

A) $4$ units right and $1$ unit up
B) $4$ units left and $1$ unit up
C) $4$ units left and $1$ unit down

Question 5

Which point represents moving $2$ units right and $3$ units down from the origin?

A) $(-2, 3)$
B) $(2, 3)$
C) $(2, -3)$

Question 6

Where does the point

$$(0, 5)$$

lie?

A) On the $x$-axis
B) On the $y$-axis
C) At the origin

Question 7

Where does the point

$$(-3, 0)$$

lie?

A) On the $x$-axis
B) On the $y$-axis
C) At the origin

Question 8

Which ordered pair represents the origin?

A) $(1, 1)$
B) $(0, 1)$
C) $(0, 0)$

Question 9

A point is located $5$ units left and $2$ units down from the origin.

What are its coordinates?

A) $(-5, -2)$
B) $(5, -2)$
C) $(-5, 2)$

Question 10

Which statement is correct?

A) The $x$-axis is vertical and the $y$-axis is horizontal.
B) The $x$-axis is horizontal and the $y$-axis is vertical.
C) Both axes are horizontal.

Answers

B) Two
A) The horizontal position
A) $3$ units right and $2$ units up
B) $4$ units left and $1$ unit up
C) $(2, -3)$
B) On the $y$-axis
A) On the $x$-axis
C) $(0, 0)$
A) $(-5, -2)$
B) The $x$-axis is horizontal and the $y$-axis is vertical.

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Quiz – Plotting Points on the Coordinate Plane (\(2D\))