Where is (0, 0)

Step by step

The question

Question: which quadrant is (0, 0) in?

1 Read the signs

The first number is x.

It is 0.

So the point is on the y-axis: not left, not right.

The second number is y.

It is 0.

So the point is on the x-axis: not up, not down.

2 Name the quadrants

Draw the grid.

The two axes cut it into four parts.

Each part is called a quadrant.

3 Find the quadrant

Both numbers are 0: the point is where the axes meet, the origin.

It is on both axes, in no quadrant.

Careful!

The origin touches all four quadrants, but it is inside none of them.

4 Check

Let's check: plot it.

We stay at 0.

Put a dot.

The dot is at the origin, not inside a quadrant.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: read the signs.

Then: name the quadrants.

Then: find the quadrant.

Last: check.