{"id":251,"date":"2023-02-17T15:27:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2023-02-17T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:27:50","slug":"coordinates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/coordinates\/","title":{"rendered":"Coordinates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coordinates<\/strong> refer to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">position of a point on a map or coordinate grid<\/span>. We often use numbers positioned along the axes (typically called x-axis and y-axis) to identify a point. These numbers are the coordinates of that point.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The x-coordinate is always given first (horizontal) followed by the y-coordinate. They are separated by a comma and contained within brackets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-252\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/17152140\/Screenshot-2023-02-17-152118-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/17152140\/Screenshot-2023-02-17-152118-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/17152140\/Screenshot-2023-02-17-152118-1024x795.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/17152140\/Screenshot-2023-02-17-152118-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/17152140\/Screenshot-2023-02-17-152118.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The coordinates of point p are (4,1) because you have to go 4 steps along the x-axis and 1 step up the y-axis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a helpful video explaining this in more detail.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coordinates - Primary\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6eX4PZJjofI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CURRICULUM LINK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can use my knowledge<br \/>\nof the coordinate system<br \/>\nto plot and describe the<br \/>\nlocation of a point on a grid.<br \/>\nMTH 2-18a<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/11174825\/Second-104x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/11174825\/Second-104x300.jpg 104w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/11174825\/Second.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may wish to find out more about:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/x-axis-and-y-axis\/\">X Axis and Y Axis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coordinates refer to the position of a point on a map or coordinate grid. We often use numbers positioned along the axes (typically called x-axis and y-axis) to identify a point. These numbers are the coordinates of that point. &nbsp; The x-coordinate is always given first (horizontal) followed by the y-coordinate. They are separated by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/coordinates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coordinates<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3794,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}