Graphing Lines by Plotting Points

Examples, videos, solutions, and worksheets to help Grade 7 students learn to graph lines by plotting points.

The following diagram shows how to graph lines by plotting points, by using the x and y intercepts and by using the slope-intercept method. Scroll down the page for more examples and solutions.

 

Graphing Lines by Plotting Points
An introduction to the Rectangular Coordinate System and covers the basic vocabulary, definitions, ordered pairs, and how to plot points on the x-y plane.

How to determine if a given ordered pair is a solution to an equation and therefore a point on the line?
Also shows how to find ordered pair solutions to a linear equation.

How to complete ordered pair solutions if the x or y coordinate is given?
Also covers how to make a table of ordered pair solutions if the equation is solved for y, how to plot those on the x-y plane and graph the line.

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