(5,3)
-2 left +2 right
Start at te Origin - the point where the axes cross. Move 4 units to the right. Then move 5 units upwards. Mark the spot. Done!
It will move 6 units across the x axis then 2 units up parallel to the y axis on the coordinate plane.
The x coordinates move a point to the left and to the right, where as they y coordinates move a point up and down. Adding a positive number to an x coordinate will ALWAYS move the point to the right, while adding a negative number (subtracting an number) from the x coordinate will ALWAYS move the point to the left. Here is an example: Let P = (2,3) //note that all points are listed like this (x-coordinate, y-coordinate) // that means 2 is the x value and 3 is the y value If you add the x value + 4, you get 6. That shifts the point to the right one unit, without change the y value. The new point would be (6,3). If you add the y value - 4, you get -2. That shifts the point to the left two units, without change the y value. The new point would be (-2,3).
You don't necessarily do so!
A negative x coordinate would make you move left, and a negative y coordinate would make you move down.
When going from smaller to larger units, there will be fewer of them. That indicates division, which will make it appear as if the decimal point is going to the left.
Assuming standard notation of (x,y), (5,2) translated 4 down (ie x-4) and 1 left (ie y-1) 5-4=1 2-1=1 (1,1) is the new coordinate
To plot the points (1, 2), (2, 1), and (-2, 5) on a graph, you would start by drawing a horizontal x-axis and a vertical y-axis to create a coordinate plane. The x-axis represents the values of the first coordinate in each pair, and the y-axis represents the values of the second coordinate. To plot the point (1, 2), you would start at the origin (0, 0) and move 1 unit to the right along the x-axis and 2 units up along the y-axis. The point (2, 1) would be located 2 units to the right and 1 unit up from the origin, and the point (-2, 5) would be located 2 units to the left and 5 units up.
You simply start at the origin (0,0) and you move 3 spots on the grid to the left, to the left, to the left AND since it is a positive 7, you would have to go UP seven spots. :)
The Cartesian plane consists of a horizontal axis (usually called the x-axis), and a vertical axis (usually the y-axis) which meet at right angles at a point called the Origin. The positive direction of the x-axis is to the right while that of the y-axis is up along the paper. Every point in the Cartesian plane is assigned two coordinates: the x-coordinate (also called the abscissa) and the y-coordinate (the ordinate). These are often written in the form (x, y). To plot the point P = (x,y), you start from the origin. Move x units along the x-axis. From that point you move y units along the y-axis. The end point is where P is to be plotted. If the value of x or y is negative, you move in the negative direction of the axes.
To subtract a positive number, you go the specified number of units to the left. To subtract a negative number (which is the same as adding the corresponding positive number), you go to the right.