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Grade 5 · Geometry · 5.G.A.1

The Coordinate Plane Worksheets

Free, printable, and ready to teach: a practice worksheet, homework, an exit ticket, and an answer key with step-by-step solutions — plus lesson slides you can edit. No sign-up needed.

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Watch: Coordinate Plane Explained: Plotting Points and Quadrants
Key idea

Two number lines crossing at (0, 0). First number along the x-axis, second along the y-axis. Count spaces, not lines. Zero is an instruction.

Sample problems

  1. Plot and label: (2, 7), (7, 2), (4, 4), (0, 3), (3, 0).
  2. Write the coordinates of a point 5 spaces right and 2 up from the origin.
  3. Write the coordinates of a point 2 spaces right and 5 up from the origin.
  4. Which of these points would be plotted in the same place if the two numbers were swapped: (3, 5), (6, 6), (0, 2), (9, 9)?

Common mistakes to watch for

  • Plotted A and B in each other's positions, or placed C and D at the same point because “the 0 does not do anything”. 0 across and 0 up are different instructions and give different points.
  • Answered “6 and 24” with no units. On a real-world graph the units are what the point MEANS — the same discipline as the “Line plots with fractions” sheet (Grade 5)’s dots against litres.
  • Said Ola “mixed up x and y” and stopped. The second half of the item is the valuable one and it is about EVIDENCE: a diagonal point cannot distinguish the two methods, so being right about (4, 4) is not being right — the same argument as the “Relating two number patterns” sheet (Grade 5)’s one-pair rule.

The answer key explains each one, so you can tell what a wrong answer means.

How to use this set

  1. Teach with the slides (about 15 minutes), or watch the video together.
  2. Practice with the worksheet. Questions climb from fluency to application to reasoning.
  3. Check understanding with the exit ticket.
  4. Mark with the answer key — each answer shows the steps and the most likely mistake.

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