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Class 9 Orienting Yourself: The Use of Coordinates worksheet
CBSE Mathematics. Quadrants, plotting, reflections, distances and midpoints, shapes on a grid. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The point (−9, −2) lies in:
- quadrant II
- quadrant I
- quadrant IV
- quadrant III
Answer
(d) quadrant III
x is negative, y is negative
- 2.
The distance between (10, 3) and (10, 22) is:
- 19
- 25
- 20
- 18
Answer
(a) 19
same x: 22 − 3 = 19
- 3.
The point where the x-axis and the y-axis meet is called the:
- quadrant
- vertex
- origin
- centre
Answer
(c) origin
its coordinates are (0, 0)
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Say where each point lies: (3, 9), (8, 6), (−6, 4), (7, 6).
Answer
quadrant I; quadrant I; quadrant II; quadrant I
I (+, +), II (−, +), III (−, −), IV (+, −); a 0 puts the point on an axis
- 5.
Find the distance between (0, 5) and (−72, 26).
Answer
75
√(72² + 21²) = √5625 = 75
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Taking Ananya's home as the origin, with east and north positive (1 unit = 100 m), Ananya walks 12 units east and 10 units north to school, then 8 west and 7 south to the library. What are the coordinates of the school and the library?
Answer
school (12, 10); library (4, 3)
(12 − 8, 10 − 7)
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every Orienting Yourself: The Use of Coordinates sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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