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Four Quadrants: Finding a Point from Its Signs

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Orienting Yourself: The Use of Coordinates · Understanding coordinates · 3:32

You'll learn: Explain quadrant numbering and the four sign combinations.

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Four Quadrants: Finding a Point from Its Signs

You'll learn: Explain quadrant numbering and the four sign combinations.

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How Grid Thinking Developed into Coordinate Geometry
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How Grid Thinking Developed into Coordinate Geometry
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From a Number Line to a Coordinate Plane
You'll learn: Explain one-dimensional and two-dimensional location. Show why a plane needs two coordinates.
Meet the x-Axis, y-Axis and Origin
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Positive and Negative Directions on the Plane
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What Happens When One Coordinate Is Zero?
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What Do the Two Numbers in (x,y) Mean?
You'll learn: Explain horizontal and vertical positions and perpendicular guides to the axes.
Read a Point, Plot a Point—and Check It
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Read a Point, Plot a Point—and Check It
You'll learn: Locate points from coordinates and read coordinates from a graph.
Does Swapping the Coordinates Change the Point?
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Does Swapping the Coordinates Change the Point?
You'll learn: Explain why ordered pairs depend on order and coincide after swapping only when x=y.

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Place a Dining Table Exactly in the Centre
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