Coordinating our thinking

Knowing exactly where things are on a coordinate grid using Numicon resources has been working well in class this week. We have been using the 100 boards with Numicon tiles to help us fully understand which is the X axis and which is the Y axis. 

Recording the coordinates for symmetrically placed tiles has made us think very carefully as the coordinates (8,4) are entirely different to the coordinates (4,8). 

Double checking what we have written down is always a good idea too. We have also been talking about real life examples of when you might need to understand coordinates such as when you are reading a map or when archaeologists are digging a large area.