MATH POINTERS

Identify the following.

______1. French mathematician and philosopher who s invented the rectangular coordinate system
______2. This system consists of two perpendicular number lines
______3. two perpendicular number lines
______4. point of intersection of the coordinate axes
______5. The horizontal number line with positive direction to the right
______6. the vertical line with positive direction upward
______7. divide the plane into four regions
______8. Every point on the plane corresponds to exactly one pair of coordinates called _______, It is
denoted by (𝑥, 𝑦) where x is the directed distance of the point from the y – axis and y is the directed
distance of the point from the x – axis
______9. The x – coordinate is called the ______
______10. the y – coordinate is called ______
______11. set of ordered pairs. It can also be represented in different ways: table of values, set of
ordered pairs, arrow diagram and a graph.

A. Ordinate F. x – axis K. relation

B. Abscissa G. origin
C. ordered pair H. coordinate axes
D. quadrants I. Cartesian Coordinate System
E. y – axis J. René Descartes

Identify the relation being shown in each diagram.