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A Day at the Zoo: Graphing Points

Grade 5 practice graphing points in the first quadrant: read a zoo map, interpret a baby giraffe growth graph, and plot data pairs.

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Aligned to5.G.A.2

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 13 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find and graph points in the first quadrant to describe places on a map.
  • Students explain what the x- and y-coordinates of a point mean in a real-world situation.
  • Students plot ordered pairs from data and use the graph to solve problems.

How to use

Remind students that the first number tells how far across and the second tells how far up. Have them say each point in words, such as 6 months old and 8 feet tall.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.G.A.2

Graph points in the first quadrant to solve real-world problems.

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A Day at the Zoo: Graphing Points

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.
01234567891012345678910GLPRSBlocks eastBlocks north
1.
Match each place to its ordered pair. One ordered pair is not used.
  1. the gate
  2. the lions
  3. the penguins
  4. the snack bar
  1. A. (5, 4)
  2. B. (1, 2)
  3. C. (9, 7)
  4. D. (2, 1)
  5. E. (2, 7)
2.
Which place is 9 blocks east and 4 blocks north of the origin?
  • A. the snack bar
  • B. the penguins
  • C. the reptile house
  • D. the gate
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.

( ,  )

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).

01234567891012345678910ABCDAge (months)Height (feet)
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?
  • A. At 8 months old, the giraffe was 6 feet tall.
  • B. At 6 months old, the giraffe was 8 feet tall.
  • C. The giraffe grew 8 feet in 6 months.
  • D. The giraffe was 6 feet tall for 8 months.
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.
01234567891012345678910PenguinsFish (pounds)
12.
Lena wants to plot a point that shows 4 penguins eating 8 pounds of fish. Which ordered pair should she plot?
  • A. (8, 4)
  • B. (4, 4)
  • C. (8, 8)
  • D. (4, 8)
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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