Lesson: The Coordinate Plane: Four Quadrants Mathematics • 6th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to find the x- and y-coordinates of a point in any of the four quadrants and locate a point given its coordinates.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

write an ordered pair to describe the location of points in any quadrant of the coordinate plane,
plot points given an ordered pair of coordinates,
plot vertices of shapes and find the coordinates of a missing vertex of a shape,
describe how the sign of the coordinate changes when moving between quadrants.

Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

Which of the points below is inside the circle?

Q2:

What are the coordinates of the point ?

Q3:

If Jennifer’s workplace is located at point , her house is located at point , and the gymnasium she uses is at point . Describe the number of blocks and the direction she needs to travel to get from the gymnasium to her house.