Understanding the basic coordinate plane | MightyOwl Math | 5th Grade

Let's join Sue on a treasure hunt! We have a treasure map ready and we know that the X sign marks the spot where the treasure is at, but how do we know how to describe its location on the map? Learning about what’s called the coordinate plane can help us with that. Let's dive in! Aligned with Common Core State Standards — Math Geometry Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems 5.G.A.1: Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).