Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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Exercise 15 Page 98

How many steps to the left of the origin is the point? How many steps above it?

(-4,2)

Practice makes perfect

We want to find the coordinates of the point that is plotted on the coordinate plane.

Let's start with the x-coordinate. To find the x-coordinate of Point G, we count the number of units that it is placed to the left of the origin. Similarly, we count the number of units that it is above the origin to find the y-coordinate.

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We can see that Point G is located 4 units to the left of the origin and 2 units above it. This means that its coordinates are x= -4 and y= 2. Let's write this as an (x,y) coordinate pair. ( -4, 2)