Coordinate Plane Word Problems Worksheets for 5th Grade

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Grade 5MathMeasurement & GeometryCCSS 5.G.A.2

Skill: Solving map and movement problems with ordered pairs in the first quadrant

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Teaching tips and what to try next

Builds on Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane for fifth graders who can plot and read ordered pairs. Taping a grid on the floor and letting children walk the moves, across first and then up, makes the order of x and y stick. Encourage a quick sketch for every story, and pair it with Plotting Points on a Coordinate Plane or other graphing work so children see grids used in many ways.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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Fifth graders learn to use a coordinate plane to solve real problems, such as finding how far apart two places on a map are or where someone ends up after walking a few blocks. These problems help children see what the x and y numbers in an ordered pair really mean. This fifth-grade worksheet gives eight coordinate plane word problems in the first quadrant.

Four problems give two places on a map that share the same x or the same y number, such as a library at (3, 8) and a park at (3, 2). Children find how many units apart they are by subtracting the numbers that change. The other four problems start at a point and move a number of units right or left and then up or down. Children write the ordered pair where the move ends. Every coordinate is from 0 to 10, so a quick sketch on scrap paper is easy. Each of the ten versions has new points and its own answer key.

How to use it: have your child sketch a small grid and mark each point before answering. For the distance problems, ask which number is the same in both pairs, and which one changes. That tells you whether to count across or up. For the move problems, remind your child that right and left change the x number, while up and down change the y number.

The answer key gives every distance and ordered pair. To practice reading points, try our Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane worksheet. To graph them, try our Plotting Points on a Coordinate Plane worksheet.