standard_description: 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).
problem_activity: Problem 1
Geraldo is plotting points on the following coordinate plane.
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Geraldo needs to plot the following four points:
(0.8, 12)
(1.6, 18)
(1, 30)
(2, 3)
Can he plot all of his points on the provided coordinate plane? How do you know?
What would be a point that he couldn't fit on the coordinate plane above? How do you know?
Problem 2
Determine the correct scale for the coordinate grid below so that all of the following points can be shown on it:
(12, 4)
(4,
$${1\over2}$$
)
(6,
$$3{1\over2}$$
)
(12,
$$2{1\over2}$$
)
(17, 4)
(16,
$$4{1\over4}$$
)
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aligns: yes