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Math 5: Coordinate Plane 367 Views
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You'll totally use coordinate planes all the time in real life... They're great for Battleship, algebra... well, pretty much just Battleship and algebra. But they're still pretty cool to learn about, and you do have to pass algebra.
Transcript
- 00:13
let's talk about Chuck he's a daredevil you know the kid he likes to
- 00:18
jump his bike over the creek behind his house and the creek has snakes it makes his [Chuck jumping a bike over a creek]
- 00:22
mom look like this anyway today Chuck's mom dropped him off at the
- 00:26
amusement park because sometimes moms just need a break especially with a kid [Chuck stood outside an amusement park entrance]
- 00:30
like Chuck Chuck runs to the map and looks for the scary sounding ride he can find
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- 00:34
he checks the map key and see something called the wheel of doom yep
- 00:39
that'll do Chuck has a little problem though the map is set up as a [Chuck with his thumbs up smiling]
- 00:43
coordinate system man maybe Chuck should have spent a little more time on his
- 00:47
math homework and a little less time jumping snake creaks Chuck is going to
- 00:50
need some help the closest park employee is a guy in a fuzzy platypus costume [Chuck looking around the park for assistance]
- 00:54
it's kind of creepy but hey Chuck really used to get to that we love do Mr.
- 00:59
Platypus is happy to help Chuck he shows Chuck that the numbers five and three
- 01:02
are printed beside wheel of doom in the maps key how does that help me says Chuck[A platypus giving advice to Chuck]
- 01:07
I still don't know where 53 is can you just point me in the right direction no
- 01:11
siree says Mr. Platypus you need to learn how to use a coordinate plane
- 01:14
Chuck sighs but Mr. Platypus just laughs a platypus laugh which sounds [A platypus laughing at Chuck]
- 01:18
kind of like this and then he starts going over all the basics for
- 01:22
using a coordinate plane naming the X and Y axis defining the parts of an
- 01:26
ordered pair explaining how ordered pairs are used to locate points on a [diagram of a coordinate system drawn on a chalkboard]
- 01:30
coordinate plane suddenly it all starts to make sense to Chuck all he has to do
- 01:34
is move 5 units to the right and three units up 5-3 boom wheel of doom shucks
- 01:40
thanks mr. platypus for the weirdest math lesson he's ever had super excited [Chuck rushing off to the wheel of doom as Mr Platypus waves]
- 01:43
he run through the park and finds the wheel of doom no problem well there is
- 01:47
one little problem Chuck is too short to ride maybe they should rename this [A boy looking upset next to a 'Must be at least this tall to ride' sign]
- 01:51
amusement part because Chucky he is not amused
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