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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.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 6
- Purpose
- Teaching resource Student activities
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Position and location
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Numeracy progression
- Positioning and locating (P5) Number and place value (P9)
- Publisher
- AMSI
- Copyright
- © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0.
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