LEVEL LADDER ON COORDINATE GEOMETRY (GRADE VI)

A. Student Learning: I can construct a coordinate system on a plane

Related Questions

A1. a. Using a ruler draw a line passing through A and any other point which will be
perpendicular to the line 𝒙.

b. Label the line drawn as y.

c. Mark 4 units on each axis, both on the positive and the negative sides of the axes, and
label them as integers.

A2. From the list below, match the mistake in each diagram with one of the sentences.
A The units are not marked evenly.
B The y-axis is not vertical.
C The axes are labelled incorrectly.
D The ticks are not marked on the axes.
E There is nothing wrong.
B. Student Learning: I can use ordered pairs to plot points on the Cartesian Coordinates
Related Questions
B1. Use the adjacent graph to answer the
following:
a. Name the point that has the
𝑥 −coordinate of 1

b. Name the points with 𝑥 −coordinate

between the 𝑥 −coordinates of 𝐷 and 𝐵.

c. Which points have negative

𝑦 −coordinates? Name them and write
their coordinates.

B2. Use this grid and complete the following tasks.

B3. Use graph paper to draw a set of axes and plot and label the following points:
a. 𝐴 (2,3) b. 𝐵 (−5, 7) c. 𝐶 (3,0) d. 𝐷 (0, −2)
d. 𝐸 (−3, −4) e. 𝐹 (6, −2)

C. Student Learning: I can find the distance of a point from the axes.
Related Questions

C1. Observe line 𝑚 given in the following graph.

a. At what distance is line 𝑚 form the 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠? How did you work that out?
b. Is the distance of the line 𝑚 constant from the 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠?
c. Line 𝑚 is ___________________________ to the𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠.
C2. Observe line 𝑚 given in the following graph.

a. At what distance is line 𝑚 form the 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠? How did you work that out?
b. Is the distance of the line 𝑚 constant from the 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠?
c. Line 𝑚 is ___________________________ to the 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠.

C3. Plot the following points on the coordinate plane given.

P: (1,-1) Q: (2, -1)

R: (-1, -1) S: (0,-1)

a. Use a ruler to draw a line to connect

these points. Label the line 𝓱.
b. In line 𝒽, 𝑦 = _____ for all values of 𝑥.
c. Circle the correct word in the
bracket.
1) Line 𝓱 is ( parallel / perpendicular)
to the 𝒙-axis.
2) Line 𝓱 is (parallel / perpendicular )
to the 𝒚-axis.
C4. Plot the following points on the coordinate plane given.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
𝑃: (1 , ) 𝑄: (1 , 2 ) 𝑅: (1 , 1 ) 𝑆: (1 , )
2 2 2 2 2 4 2 4

a. Use a ruler to draw a line to connect these points. Label the line 𝓱.
b. In line 𝒽, 𝑥 = _____ for all values of 𝑦.
Circle the correct word in the bracket.
Line 𝓱 is ( parallel / perpendicular) to the 𝒙-axis.

Line 𝓱 is (parallel/ perpendicular ) to the 𝒚-axis.

c. What pattern occurs in the coordinate pairs that let you know that line 𝓱 is parallel to
𝒚-axis?

d. Can you predict a similar pattern for lines that would be parallel to the 𝒙-axis?

C5. For each pair of points below, consider the line that joins them. Without plotting them,
circle the pair(s) that forms a line parallel to the x-axis. Justify your answer.
1 1
a. (1.4, 2.2) and (4.1, 2.4) b. (−3, 9) and (8, 9) c. (−1 4 , 8) and (−1 4 , −8)

C6. For each pair of points below, consider the line that joins them. Without plotting them,
circle the pair(s) that forms a line parallel to the y-axis. Justify your answer.
3 3 1 1
b. (4, 12) and (6, 12) b. (5, 2 5) and (5, 3 5) c. (-0.8, 1.9) and (-0.8, 2.3)

C7. Think about a line at a certain distance from the 𝒙-axis and parallel to it.

a. Write down the distance that you have thought in the blank space here________.
b. Write down the coordinates of four points on this line in the blank space here.
(____,____), (____,____), (____,____) and (____,____).
c. Justify why you think these points will lie on the same line parallel to 𝒙-axis?
C8. Use the graph below.
a. Construct an 𝒙-axis that passes through points 𝑯 and 𝑲.
b. Construct a perpendicular 𝒚-axis that passes through points 𝑫 and 𝑰.
c. Which point represents the origin? The 𝒙-coordinate of 𝑩 is 7. Label the integers
along the 𝒙-axis.
d. The 𝒚-coordinate of 𝑪 is 8. Label the integers along the 𝒚-axis.

C9. For all the following problems, consider the points 𝐴 through 𝑁 on the grid above.

a. Identify all the points that have an 𝒙-coordinate of 5.

b. Identify all the points that have a 𝒚-coordinate of −𝟖.

c. Which point is 9 units above the 𝒙-axis and 4 units to the left of the 𝒚-axis? Name the
point and give its coordinate pair.

d. Which points are located at a distance of 8 units from the 𝒚-axis?

e. Which point is located 8 units along the negative 𝒙-axis?
f. Give the coordinate pair for each of the following points.

𝑁: ________ 𝐼: ________ 𝐴: ________ 𝐶: ________

g. Name the points located at the following coordinates.

(−2,2) ______ (−10,0) ______ (−5, −6) ______ (5, 7) ______

h. Which point has an equal 𝑥- and 𝑦-coordinate? ________

i. Plot the following points.

𝑃: (10, −6) 𝑄: (−1, −7) 𝑅: (−8,1) 𝑆: (0, −8)

j. What is the distance between 𝐸 and 𝐾, or the length of 𝐸𝐾?

k. What is the length of 𝐽𝐷?

l. Jiya was absent when the teacher explained how to describe the location of a point on
the coordinate plane. Explain it to her using point 𝑨.