Checking understanding of plotting coordinates | Maths

Starter quiz

Which word best describes this: $(4,1)$
- A coordinate ✓
- The number 4.1
- A ratio
- A fraction
Which of these best describes the purpose of a coordinate?
- It coordinates the order in which we do our operations.
- It adds numbers together.
- It uses numbers to uniquely determine the position of a point in space. ✓
One of our axes is missing a label. What should it be labelled?
- The horizontal axis
- The vertical axis
- $x$ ✓
- $y$
What is this coordinate?
- $(3)$
- $(4,3)$
- $(3,3)$ ✓
- $(3,4)$
What is this coordinate?
- $(5,2)$
- $(2,5)$ ✓
- $5.2$
- $2.5$
Which of these are properties of a square?
- has exactly three sides
- is a quadrilateral ✓
- has 4 equal length sides ✓
- all interior angles are 90 degrees ✓
- opposite sides are not parallel

The coordinate $(0,0)$ , where the $x$ and $y$ axes cross, is called the ______.
- 'origin' ✓
Which language best describes this coordinate position?
- 4 along, 2 up.
- 4 right, 2 up.
- 4 in the $x$ direction, 2 in the $y$ direction.
- 4 in the positive $x$ direction, 2 in the positive $y$ direction.
- From the origin, 4 in the positive $x$ and 2 in the positive $y$ direction. ✓
What are the coordinates of points A and B?
- A $(3,1)$ , B $(1,3)$
- A $(1,3)$ , B $(1,3)$
- A $(3,1)$ , B $(3,1)$
- A $(1,3)$ , B $(3,1)$ ✓
Match the points to the correct coordinate.
- A
  
  ⇔
  
  $(3,3)$ ✓
- B
  
  ⇔
  
  $(0,3)$ ✓
- C
  
  ⇔
  
  $(0,0)$ ✓
- D
  
  ⇔
  
  $(3,0)$ ✓
If you take the coordinate $(2,1)$ , add $5$ to the $x$ -coordinate and leave the $y$ -coordinate unchanged, which of these best describes the change in position of the point?
- It will reflect in the $x$ -axis.
- A translation by 5 in the negative $y$ -direction.
- A translation by 5 in the negative $x$ -direction.
- A translation by 5 in the positive $x$ -direction. ✓
- A translation by 5 in the positive $y$ -direction.
Coordinates A, B and C form a triangle. If you add 2 to the $y$ coordinate of all three points, where will the triangle translate to?

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Confusion between which is which out of (1,4) and (4,1). Is it up and along? Along and up?

Clarity of language helps. Coordinates are written x, then y coordinate. Move first in the x-direction. There are no 'corridors and stairs'.

Quadrant - A quadrant is any one of the four areas into which a space is divided by the $x$ and $y$ axes.
Origin - The origin is where the $x$ -axis and $y$ -axis cross. It has the coordinate pair (0,0).
Plot - Drawing on a graph or map is known as plotting.
Translate - Translation is a transformation in which every point of a shape moves the same distance in the same direction.