Cartesian Plane Practice
A worksheet for 8th-grade students to practice plotting points, identifying coordinates, and understanding quadrants on the Cartesian plane.
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Cartesian Plane Practice
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Read each question carefully and provide the best answer. For graphing questions, plot the points accurately on the provided Cartesian plane.
1. Which quadrant contains points with a positive x-coordinate and a negative y-coordinate?
Quadrant I
Quadrant II
Quadrant III
Quadrant IV
2. What is the coordinate of the origin on a Cartesian plane?
(1, 1)
(0, 0)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
3. The horizontal axis on a Cartesian plane is called the .
4. The vertical axis on a Cartesian plane is called the .
5. A point on the y-axis has an x-coordinate of .
6. Plot the following points on the Cartesian plane below and label them A, B, C, and D.
A = (3, 4)
B = (-2, 1)
C = (0, -3)
D = (-4, -2)
7. Identify the coordinates of the points plotted on the Cartesian plane below.
Point E:
Point F:
Point G:
Point H:
8. The point (5, -2) is located in Quadrant II.
True
False
9. The x-axis and y-axis intersect at the origin.
True
False
10. A square has vertices at (1, 1), (1, 4), and (4, 4). What are the coordinates of the fourth vertex?
11. Describe how you would plot the point (-5, 2) on a Cartesian plane.