The standard way is vertical, up-down for the Y axis. The X axis is horizontal, left-right
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the X axis goes first then the Y axis.
On a graph, you have two axis, x and y. In an ordered pair, the first number is the x coordinate, and the second number is the y coordinate. On the x-axis, if the x-coordinate is negative then you go left. If the x-coordinate is positive, then you go right. On the y-axis, it works the same way. If the y-coordinate is negative, you go down, but if it is positive, then you go up. For example, if you had the ordered pair (-7,4), then you would go left seven spaces on the x-axis and up four spaces on the y-axis.
Easy way to remember which axis is which: x is a cross (across)
Easy way to remember which axis is which: x is a cross (across)
the y-axis is the horizontal axis