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Introducing the Cartesian coordinate system

This resource for both teachers and students explores the Cartesian coordinate system. The student section includes self-check questions.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Student task
Format	Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Space
Topics	Position and location
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M6N01 Recognise situations, including financial contexts, that use integers; locate and represent integers on a number line and as coordinates on the Cartesian plane AC9M6SP02 Locate points in the 4 quadrants of a Cartesian plane; describe changes to the coordinates when a point is moved to a different position in the plane
Numeracy progression	Positioning and locating (P5) Number and place value (P9)
Copyright details
Organisation	AMSI
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