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Cartesian grid identify axes

This math skill teaches how to identify and name the axes on a Cartesian grid. It explains that the left-right axis is labeled as the 'X' axis, with right being positive and left negative, while the up-down axis is called the 'Y' axis, where up is positive and down negative.

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Teaching Transcript

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Name the axes of the cartesian grid

The left-right axis is called the 'X' axis. Right is positive, so this is the positive 'X' axis.

And the left side is the negative 'X' axis

Up-down is called the 'Y' axis, and up is positive, so this is the positive 'Y' axis

And down is the negative 'Y' axis

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