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Year 6 Maths — Coordinate geometry

Read and plot points on the coordinate plane and name the quadrant they lie in.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

The two axes cut the page into four quarters. Find out what each one is called — all four, in any order, nothing to get right.

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  1. 1. First quadrant
  2. 2. Second quadrant
  3. 3. Third quadrant
  4. 4. Fourth quadrant

They are numbered anticlockwise from the top right. Both coordinates are positive in the first and both are negative in the third.

  1. 1.How far is the point (6, 8) from the x-axis? Give just the number.

  2. 2.In which quadrant does the point (5, -1) lie?

    • a) First
    • b) Fourth
    • c) Second
    • d) Third

  3. 3.What are the coordinates of the origin?

    • a) (1, 0)
    • b) (0, 1)
    • c) (0, 0)
    • d) (1, 1)

  4. 4.In which quadrant does the point (3, 5) lie?

    • a) Second
    • b) Fourth
    • c) First
    • d) Third

  5. 5.What is the x-coordinate of the point (7, -3)?

  6. 6.In which quadrant does the point (-2, -6) lie?

    • a) First
    • b) Third
    • c) Fourth
    • d) Second

  7. 7.Match each point to where it lies.

    • (2, 3)
    • (-2, 3)
    • (-2, -3)
    • (2, -3)
    • (0, 0)
    • The origin
    • Second quadrant
    • Fourth quadrant
    • Third quadrant
    • First quadrant

  8. 8.How far is the point (6, 8) from the y-axis? Give just the number.

Answer key — Year 6 Maths — Coordinate geometry

  1. 1. 8
  2. 2. b) Fourth
  3. 3. c) (0, 0)
  4. 4. c) First
  5. 5. 7
  6. 6. b) Third
  7. 7. (2, 3) → First quadrant; (-2, 3) → Second quadrant; (-2, -3) → Third quadrant; (2, -3) → Fourth quadrant; (0, 0) → The origin
  8. 8. 6