Plotting points in the first quadrant
Plot and read ordered pairs in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane; represent real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points and interpreting coordinate values in context
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“Plotting points in the first quadrant means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
Bring to the table
- Tally sheet or simple bar sketch
- A short set of category counts
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Cats 4, dogs 2 — cats have more. The tally and comparison are the proof.
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Plotting points in the first quadrant means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Tally sheet or simple bar sketch; A short set of category counts. Adult tallies one category and sketches a bar. Child tallies three categories and answers one comparison question. Done: three tallies plus one correct comparison. Stop after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Illustrative Mathematics · Practice link — not the full lesson
Meerkat Coordinate Plane Task
Before you open · source notes
Meerkat locations support plotting points in the first quadrant. Not every four-quadrant reflection.
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Before you openAsk the learner to plot one ordered pair and read another point from the grid.
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Public Illustrative Mathematics task page. The .html address responds HTTP 308 to this URL. An anonymous GET of this URL on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt. Where a teacher solution is present, it is on the same page as the student task; this check did not find a separate locked student view. An adult can use the student view section and should not read a solution aloud. Advertising was not observed in the fetched HTML text; that is not a browser, device, or ad-free guarantee. This is a paper or discussion task, not an automatically marked interactive game. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. Diagrams on the page use missing or filename-only alt text, so they are not an accessible image equivalent. Accessibility still depends on an adult describing the picture.
Illustrative Mathematics. “Meerkat Coordinate Plane Task.” Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. External task; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
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Check understanding
- Plot the point (4, 7) accurately on a first-quadrant grid
- Graph a set of data pairs (e.g. time vs distance) as points on the coordinate plane
- Read coordinates of a plotted point and explain what they represent in a given scenario
“If you tell your child a car journey passes through grid points (2, 3), (5, 7), and (8, 4) on a map, can they plot those points and describe what the journey looks like?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Geometry
- Age range
- Ages 10–11
Standards