A Day at the Zoo: Graphing Points
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Graph and read points to solve zoo problems.
Part 1: The zoo map
On this zoo map, each unit is 1 block. The x-coordinate tells how many blocks east of the origin a place is. The y-coordinate tells how many blocks north it is.
Map key: point G is the gate, point L is the lions, point P is the penguins, point R is the reptile house, and point S is the snack bar.
1.
Match each place to its ordered pair. One ordered pair is not used.
2.
Which place is 9 blocks east and 4 blocks north of the origin?
3.
Ava walks straight north from the gate (point G) to the lions (point L). How many blocks does she walk?
blocks
4.
Next, Ava walks straight east from the lions (point L) to the penguins (point P). How many blocks does she walk?
blocks
5.
The zoo adds a water fountain 3 blocks east and 5 blocks north of the origin. Write the ordered pair for the water fountain.
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6.
The snack bar, point S, is at (5, 4). Explain what the 5 and the 4 mean on this map.
Part 2: The baby giraffe
A zookeeper measured a baby giraffe as it grew. Each point shows the giraffe's age in months (x) and its height in feet (y).
7.
Point A shows the giraffe when it was born, at 0 months old. How tall was it?
feet
8.
Point C is at (6, 8). What does point C tell you?
9.
How old was the giraffe when it was 7 feet tall?
months old
10.
Compare point B and point D. How many feet did the giraffe grow from 3 months old to 9 months old?
feet
Part 3: Feeding the penguins
Each penguin eats 2 pounds of fish a day. Kai writes ordered pairs to show this: (number of penguins, pounds of fish).
Kai's ordered pairs: (1, 2), (2, 4), (3, 6), (4, 8)
11.
Plot Kai's four ordered pairs on the grid.
12.
Lena wants to plot a point that shows 4 penguins eating 8 pounds of fish. Which ordered pair should she plot?
13.
The zoo gets a fifth penguin. Write the ordered pair that shows how many pounds of fish 5 penguins eat in a day.
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