Where are you?

Where are you?

Where are you?

What is this called?

A COORDINATE GRID

How does a coordinate grid help?

IT DESCRIBES POSITION

Where do we see coordinate grids?

verti

cal a

xis

horizontal axis

(3,2) “ordered pair”

x-axis

y-axis

(0,0) “origin”

Quadrant 1

Quadrant 3

Quadrant 2

Quadrant 4

(+,+)

(+,-)(-,-)

(-,+)

1

4-4 1 2 3

4

3

2

-3 -1-2

-1

-2

-4

-3

(3,2)

(3,-2)(-3,-2)

(-3,2)

The Coordinate Grid

BATTLESHIPAircraft carrier = 5 points

Battleship = 4 pointsSubmarine = 3 pointsDestroyer = 2 points

__ - axis

__ - axis

(_,_)

1

4-4 1 2 3

4

3

2

-3 -1-2

-1

-2

-4

-3

(__,__)

Quadrant _____ Quadrant _____

“__________”

Quadrant _____Quadrant _____

(__,__)(__,__)

(__,__)

A

B

DC

F E

x

y