Three-part coordinate grid practice for Grade 6.
The first four give you a coordinate that is off the edge of the grid and ask you to click the quadrant it belongs to. That is the whole idea behind this worksheet: the signs decide the quadrant, so you never have to plot the point. After that, read some points off the grid and plot a couple yourself.
Click the quadrant that contains (24, 13). The point is off the edge of this grid, so you cannot plot it - use the signs.
Quadrant I. x is positive and y is positive. Only Quadrant I has that pair of signs, and the size of the numbers makes no difference.
Click the quadrant that contains (-19, 26). The point is off the edge of this grid, so you cannot plot it - use the signs.
Quadrant II. x is negative and y is positive. Only Quadrant II has that pair of signs, and the size of the numbers makes no difference.
Click the quadrant that contains (-31, -7). The point is off the edge of this grid, so you cannot plot it - use the signs.
Quadrant III. x is negative and y is negative. Only Quadrant III has that pair of signs, and the size of the numbers makes no difference.
Click the quadrant that contains (12, -28). The point is off the edge of this grid, so you cannot plot it - use the signs.
Quadrant IV. x is positive and y is negative. Only Quadrant IV has that pair of signs, and the size of the numbers makes no difference.
Where is (0, -22)?
On the y-axis. The x-coordinate is 0, so there is no sideways movement at all. The point sits on the y-axis and is in no quadrant.
Where is (-27, 0)?
On the x-axis. The y-coordinate is 0, so there is no up or down movement. The point sits on the x-axis and is in no quadrant.
Where is (0, 0)?
The origin. Both coordinates are 0, so the point is exactly where the axes cross. The origin belongs to no quadrant.
What are the coordinates of the marked point?
(-5, 8). Read across to the y-axis first, then up or down. It is in Quadrant II.
What are the coordinates of the marked point?
(6, -9). Read across to the y-axis first, then up or down. It is in Quadrant IV.
Click the grid to plot (-10, 4).
(-10, 4). It sits right on the edge of this grid, so count all the way out before you stop.
Click the grid to plot (4, -10).
(4, -10). It sits right on the edge of this grid, so count all the way out before you stop.
No buttons on these. Reason them out before you check.
Why can you name the quadrant of (30, -8) without drawing it?
Because only the signs matter. A positive x means right of the y-axis and a negative y means below the x-axis, and that combination is Quadrant IV wherever the point sits. The size of the numbers changes how far away it is, never which quadrant it is in.
Which quadrants contain points with a negative x-coordinate?
II and III, the two on the left. Quadrant II is above the x-axis and III is below it.
A point is 14 units from the origin along the y-axis, going down. What are its coordinates?
(0, -14). Moving only along the y-axis means the x-coordinate is 0, and going down makes the y-coordinate negative. It is on an axis, so it is in no quadrant.
Two points are (-6, -23) and (-23, -6). Are they in the same quadrant?
Yes, both in Quadrant III, because both coordinates are negative in each. They are different points in the same region: one is far down and a little left, the other far left and a little down.
Want it on paper? Download the free printable worksheet above: read eight plotted points, name nine quadrants, and plot eight of your own, with a full answer key.