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5th grade · Math · Unit 9 of 12

Coordinate Grid

Plot points (x, y)

What your child practices

Naming and plotting points in the first quadrant of the coordinate grid, and reading what a point means in a real situation.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 5.3.7.1; 5.3.7.3 · graphing ordered pairs in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A point is written (x, y).
  2. Start at (0, 0). Go right x units, then up y units.
  3. Points on the x-axis have y = 0.

Example: Start at (0, 0). Go 4 right and 2 up. Where are you? x = 4, y = 2. Answer: (4, 2)

Coordinate Grid in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 9 of 12 in 5th grade Math, after Parentheses & Expressions and before Multiply & Divide Fractions.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Point A is at (6, 8) and point B is at (7, 8). How many units apart are they?

    • 1
    • 2
    • 8
    • 13

  2. Question 2

    A plant grows 5 cm each week. On a graph, x is weeks and y is height. Which point shows week 3?

    • (3, 15)
    • (15, 3)
    • (5, 3)
    • (3, 8)

  3. Question 3

    What are the coordinates of point A?

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    • (8, 3)
    • (2, 8)
    • (3, 8)
    • (3, 9)

  4. Question 4

    Which point is on the x-axis?

    • (1, 6)
    • (7, 0)
    • (0, 7)
    • (7, 7)

  5. Question 5

    Start at (0, 0). Go 6 units right and 3 units up. Where are you?

    • (6, 6)
    • (3, 6)
    • (6, 3)
    • (9, 0)

  6. Question 6

    Which point is on the x-axis?

    • (9, 1)
    • (0, 4)
    • (4, 4)
    • (4, 0)

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