Grade 5 Math — 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.
- 1. First quadrant
- 2. Second quadrant
- 3. Third quadrant
- 4. Fourth quadrant
They are numbered counterclockwise from the top right. Both coordinates are positive in the first and both are negative in the third.
1.In which quadrant does the point (-4, 2) lie?
- a) Fourth
- b) First
- c) Third
- d) Second
2.In which quadrant does the point (3, 5) lie?
- a) Fourth
- b) First
- c) Second
- d) Third
3.Sort each point by which axis it sits on.
Groups: On the x-axis · On the y-axis
- (5, 0)
- (9, 0)
- (0, -7)
- (0, 5)
- (-3, 0)
- (0, 2)
4.Match each point to where it lies.
- (2, 3)
- (-2, 3)
- (-2, -3)
- (2, -3)
- (0, 0)
- Second quadrant
- First quadrant
- The origin
- Fourth quadrant
- Third quadrant
5.What are the coordinates of the origin?
- a) (1, 1)
- b) (1, 0)
- c) (0, 0)
- d) (0, 1)
6.How far is the point (6, 8) from the y-axis? Give just the number.
7.In which quadrant does the point (-2, -6) lie?
- a) Second
- b) Third
- c) Fourth
- d) First
8.What is the x-coordinate of the point (7, -3)?
Answer key — Grade 5 Math — Coordinate geometry
- 1. d) Second
- 2. b) First
- 3. (5, 0) → On the x-axis; (0, 5) → On the y-axis; (-3, 0) → On the x-axis; (0, -7) → On the y-axis; (9, 0) → On the x-axis; (0, 2) → On the y-axis
- 4. (2, 3) → First quadrant; (-2, 3) → Second quadrant; (-2, -3) → Third quadrant; (2, -3) → Fourth quadrant; (0, 0) → The origin
- 5. c) (0, 0)
- 6. 6
- 7. b) Third
- 8. 7