Plot the pointGrid to 6
Name: Date:
Mark each ordered pair on its grid with a dot.
1
D(3, 4)
2
C(2, 6)
3
A(2, 0)
4
B(3, 1)
5
B(5, 3)
6
C(4, 4)
7
A(0, 4)
8
D(1, 1)
Plotting points worksheets
An ordered pair is an address on a grid: go across, then up. These free printable worksheets give the pairs and a first-quadrant grid, and the child marks each point where it belongs.
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Plotting points
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
The order in (x, y) is the whole lesson, and it is where the reliable mistake lives. The first number is how far across, the second how far up, and a child who reads them the other way plots a different point entirely — (3, 5) and (5, 3) are two places, not one. Everything starts from the origin at (0, 0), counting along the bottom first and then up.
Why this sheet works
The grid stays in the first quadrant, so both numbers are positive and there are no negatives to track yet — that arrives with the full coordinate plane a year later. The answer here is a dot in the right square, which is why these sheets stay on paper: a plotted point is drawn, not typed, and there is no keypad that could mark it.
How this one works
One question from this sheet, worked through a step at a time.
Point D
- Start at the corner where the two lines meet — that is (0, 0), and every reading begins there.
- Along the bottom FIRST: count 3 across. Always this one before the other, because until you have gone along you do not know which line to go up.
- Then up: count 4. Now the two numbers have been used in the order they are written.
- So point D is (3, 4) — 3 across, then 4 up. (4, 3) would be a different point altogether.