LEARNING PORTFOLIO IN GRADE EIGHT – MATH S.Y.

2018-2019

Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: __________________

Module No. 1 – Third Quarter

Topic: Rectangular Coordinate System

REWRITE
 The xy-plane or Cartesian plane is in honor of the French
mathematician René Descartes (1596 – 1650), who is known as the
“Father of Modern Mathematics.”

 The Cartesian plane is composed of two perpendicular number lines

that meet at the point of origin (0, 0) and divide the plane into four
regions called quadrants.
 It is composed of infinitely many points.
 Each point in the coordinate system is defined by an ordered pair of the form (x, y),
where x and y ∈ ℜ.
 The first coordinate of a point is called the x-coordinate or abscissa and the
second coordinate is called the y-coordinate or ordinate.

 The signs of the first and second coordinates of a point vary in the four quadrants as
indicated below.

Quadrant I x > 0, or x is positive y > 0, or y is positive or (+, +)

Quadrant II x < 0, or x is negative y > 0, or y is positive or (−, +)
Quadrant III x < 0, or x is negative y < 0, or y is negative or (−, −)
Quadrant IV x > 0, or x is positive y < 0, or y is negative or (+, −)

 There are also points which lie in the x- and y-axes. The points which lie in the x-axis
have coordinates (x, 0) and the points which lie in the y-axis have coordinates (0, y),
where x and y are real numbers.
Illustrated below is a Cartesian plane.
 LEARNING PORTFOLIO IN GRADE EIGHT – MATH S.Y. 2018-2019

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Module No. 1 – Third Quarter

Topic: Rectangular Coordinate System

REINFORCE
Direction: Describe the location of each point below by the completing the following table.
An example is done for you.

Object Coordinate Quadrant/Axis

Example: Ball (4, 2) I

1. spoon

2. television set

3. laptop

4. bag

5. pillow

6. camera

7. table
 LEARNING PORTFOLIO IN GRADE EIGHT – MATH S.Y. 2018-2019

Name: _______________________________________________ Date: _________________________

Module No. 1 – Third Quarter

Topic: Rectangular Coordinate System

REPRESENT
Direction: Draw a Cartesian plane. Plot and label the following points.
1
1. C(0, 4) 6. S( 2 , 6)
5
2. A(3, -2) 7. I( 2 , 4)
1
3. R(-5, 3) 8. N(-7, 4 )
1 1
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4. T(0, 7) 9. P( 2 , 2 )
1
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5. E(-3, 6) 10. L(-8, 2)