• 5th Grade
  • Math
  • About 10 minutes

Name the Point

Write the ordered pair for each point. Remember: over first (x), then up (y).

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How to do it

  1. Start at the origin.
  2. Count over to the point for x.
  3. Count up to the point for y.

Teaching tip

If your student mixes up the order, have them say "x is across" before each one. This sheet is aligned with Common Core 5.G.A.1.

Name the Point worksheet for 5th grade (the coordinate plane), free printable
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About this worksheet

Lettered points on a grid to name with ordered pairs. Fewer has 6 points on a 0 to 6 grid, Standard has 8 on a 0 to 10 grid, and More has 12, including points on the axes. Includes an answer key.

What kids practice

The coordinate plane is a grid made by two number lines, the x-axis going across and the y-axis going up. They meet at the origin, (0, 0). An ordered pair like (3, 5) tells how to find a point: go over 3, then up 5. Students name and plot points, graph two patterns as ordered pairs, and use a grid map to find places and distances.

Watch for

  • Going up first and then over, so (3, 5) lands at (5, 3).
  • Counting the lines from 1 instead of 0.
  • Putting a point in a square instead of where two lines cross.
  • Forgetting that a point on an axis has a 0, like (4, 0).

It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full the coordinate plane guide for 5th grade.

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