Securing understanding of plotting coordinates

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Q1
We call the vertical axis in the Cartesian coordinate system the __________.
straight axis
upright
$x$ -axis
$y$ -axis
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Q2
Which language best describes this coordinate position?
5 in the positive $x$ direction, 2 in the positive $y$ direction.
5 along, 2 up.
5 right, 2 up.
5 in the $x$ direction, 2 in the $y$ direction.
From the origin, 5 in the positive $x$ and 2 in the positive $y$ direction.
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Q3
What is this coordinate?
$x=3, y=5$
$(3,5)$
$(5,3)$
$x=5, y=3$
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Q4
What's wrong with the labelling of this coordinate?
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Q5
Match the coordinates for the vertices of this rectangle.
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Q6
Alex says, "That's the coordinate $(2,4)$ . I've gone right two squares and up four". What has Alex misunderstood?
For the coordinate $(2,4)$ he should have gone four right and two up.
A coordinate is a single point, not a shaded region.
Nothing. He is correct.
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