What Is An Ordered Pair? | Virtual Nerd

Real math help. What is an Ordered Pair? What is an Ordered Pair?

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Ordered pairs are a fundamental part of graphing. Ordered pairs make up functions on a graph, and very often, you need to plot ordered pairs in order to see what the graph of a function looks like. This tutorial will introduce you to ordered pairs!

Keywords:

• definition
• ordered pair
• coordinates
• (x,y)
• ordered
• pair
• location
• plot
• coordinate plane
• graph
• cartesian

Background Tutorials

• The Coordinate Plane

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    Why Is It Called an Ordered Pair?

    Why is an ordered pair called an ordered pair? Because order is important! If an ordered pair is written in a different order, it makes a different ordered pair. This tutorial shows you why order is important when you're dealing with ordered pairs.

• Ordered Pairs and The Coordinate Plane

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    How Do You Plot Points in the Coordinate Plane?

    Knowing how to plot ordered pairs is an essential part of graphing functions. In this tutorial, you'll see how to take an ordered pair and plot it on the coordinate plane. Take a look!

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    What is the X-Coordinate?

    Ordered pairs are a crucial part of graphing, but you need to know how to identify the coordinates in an ordered pair if you're going to plot it on a coordinate plane. In this tutorial, you'll see how to identify the x-coordinate in an ordered pair!

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    What is the Y-Coordinate?

    Ordered pairs are a crucial part of graphing, but you need to know how to identify the coordinates in an ordered pair if you're going to plot it on a coordinate plane. In this tutorial, you'll see how to identify the y-coordinate in an ordered pair!

Further Exploration

• Ordered Pairs and The Coordinate Plane

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    How Do You Plot Points in the Coordinate Plane?

    Knowing how to plot ordered pairs is an essential part of graphing functions. In this tutorial, you'll see how to take an ordered pair and plot it on the coordinate plane. Take a look!

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    How Do You Graph a Linear Equation by Making a Table?

    Graphing a function? It would be really helpful if you had a table of values that fit your equation. You could plot those values on a coordinate plane and connect the point to make your graph. See it all in this tutorial!

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