Student Tutorial: Geometry Basics: Points

Instructions:

Learn about geometric points. For this tutorial you'll be using the Desmos Geometry Tools, which are free: https://www.desmos.com/geometry. Watch the video and follow along using the Desmos tools.

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Math Clip Art: Student Tutorial Title Page

Point. A one-dimensional Geometric object that defines a single location on a plane.

Points Title Card

A point is a location in space.

A point has no size or dimension. You’ll often see a dot representing a point.

What the dot represents is the location of the point.

A coordinate grid is useful for locating a point.

A Cartesian coordinate system has x- and y-axes.

A point has x and y coordinates in such a system.

The x-coordinate is the point’s location relative to the x-axis.

The y-coordinate is the point’s location relative to the y-axis.