Summary
An animated Mage Math lesson on ordered pairs — plotting points on a coordinate grid using (x, y), made for grade 5. Bright 3-D animation walks kids through it with clear, worked examples they can pause and try.
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Discussion questions
Talk about it
Ordered Pairs clicks once you see it worked out. Watch an example, then use these questions to make sure it stuck.
- Which number in an ordered pair tells you how far across? How far up?
- Why does the order of the two numbers matter?
- Where is the point (0, 0) on the grid?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: ordered pair, x-axis, y-axis, coordinate.
Try it: Plot the points (2, 3) and (4, 1) on grid paper. Write the ordered pair next to each dot.