AC9M6SP02Year 6SpacePractised on site

AC9M6SP02 — Year 6 Space

Official Curriculum Content Description:

locate points in the 4 quadrants of a Cartesian plane; describe changes to the coordinates when a point is moved to a different position in the plane

Worked Examples (1)

Example 1Plotting Coordinates Across Four Quadrants
Point PP is at (-7, -1). What is the xx-coordinate of PP?
Common mistake: Gave the y-coordinate instead of the x-coordinate
Correct Answer:−7-7
Worked Solution:
The x-coordinate is the first number in the pair (-7, -1), so the x-coordinate is -7.

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