Graphing

• Back in Caveman days, there was only

one way to measure where you were.
• NUMBER LINE
• There’s Trog the caveman. He usually
hunted around number 6.
Then he would go home, which
was at “0”
Nobody ever left the trail. You just
didn’t do it!
• BUT…..One day, Trog gets crazy and
LEAVES the path!!

NOBODY ever did this before!!!!

It was TOTALLY CRAZY!!
• Now Trog is lost. He’s not on the number
line. How do we tell where Trog is?
 • Easy!! With TWO number lines!

One will measure sideways…

The other will measure

up and down!!!
• Where is Trog from
his house?

Start Here…

6 sideways,
5 up !
•These two number lines
put together is called
The Coordinate Plane
The line that measures
sideways is called
the x-axis.

SIDEWAYS = X
The line that measures

Up and Down = Y
up and down is called
The y-axis.
Where the lines meet is called the Origin
When giving a position
on the coordinate plane,
you always say the
X-axis first….

(8, 6)
…then the Y-axis
Let’s Practice.
Give the coordinates:
(4,10)
(-2,2) (0,0)

a.
k.a
: T (4,-2)
HE
(-6,-4) OR
IG
IN
• The “COORDINATE PLANE” used to show
how TWO THINGS ARE RELATED….

Let’s see how Hours of Daily Sunlight affects

How Tall Plants Grow:

Hours 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Sunlight
per day
Plant 0 1 1.5 3 7 9 12 16 20
Height
(inches)
Hours 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Sunlight
per day
Plant 0 1 1.5 3 7 9 12 16 20
Height
(inches)

This is the part YOU control.

This is what
CHANGES AS A RESULT.
Called the
This shows WHAT HAPPENS
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
Called the DEPENDENT VARIABLE
 What you did here!!

Hours 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Sunlight

Plant 0 1 1.5 3 7 9 12 16 20
Height
(inches)

What happens here DEPENDS ON….

 Hours 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Sunlight

Plant 0 1 1.5 3 7 9 12 16 20
Height
(inches)

All of the numbers from the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

are known as the DOMAIN
All of the numbers of the DEPENDENT VARIABLE

are known as the RANGE

Hours 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Sunlight
Plant 0 1 1.5 3 7 9 12 16 20
Height
(inches)

Numbers in the DOMAIN

Numbers in the RANGE
are graphed on the X-AXIS
Are graphed on the Y-AXIS
Hours 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Sunlight X
Plant 0 1 1.5 3 7 9 12 16 20
Height Y
(inches)

Each match up to form a

COORDINATE PAIR
that you can graph!
Hours 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Sunlight X
Plant 0 1 1.5 3 7 9 12 16 20
Height Y
(inches)

LET’S GRAPH IT !!!!!!