Purplemath offers an in-depth lesson on the Cartesian plane. The lesson discusses how to plot points and gives information about the four quadrants. Example problems are given on plotting points and determining the quadrant in which to place numbers.

Concepts

coordinate plane, plotting points, quadrants, x-axis, y-axis, rene descartes

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Additional Tags

x axis, y axis, cartesian plane, descartes, purplemath, quadrant

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

6.NS.C.8 HSN-VM.A.2