Ordered Pair Pictures Make Plotting Points Fun

Looking for an engaging way for your students to practice plotting ordered pairs? This differentiated set of three ordered pair picture worksheets is a great addition to any coordinate plane unit.

This set comes with the following ordered pair pictures: 

• Rocket (easy)
• House (medium)
• Lion (hard)

Let your students choose the picture of their choice, or assign them based on ability.

Directions:

1. Give students an ordered pair picture, a pencil, a ruler, and colored pencils or crayons.
2. Students plot two ordered pairs at a time and use a ruler to draw a line between them.
3. Students add color and other finishing touches to their picture.

The Importance of the Coordinate Plane

When engaged in a fun activity such as this, students may not immediately recognize the importance of learning to plot ordered pairs. However, this skill is foundational to many other future math concepts, including:

• Graphing Linear Equations
• Slope and Intercept
• Functions
• Inequalities
• Systems of Equations
• Transformations

Learning to plot ordered pairs is the first step in a longer mathematical journey!

Download, Print, and Plot

These ordered pair pictures are available in easy-to-print PDF format. Click the drop-down arrow located on the download button to download your set today and get your students plotting!

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